The Highwaymen feat. Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings & Kris Kristofferson -
Live: American Outlaws
Highwayman (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - March 1990)
I was a highwayman
Along the coach roads I did ride
With sword and pistol by my side
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade
The bastards hung me in the spring of 25
But I am still alive
I was a sailor
I was born upon the tide
And with the sea I did abide
I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico
I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed
But I am living still
I was a dam builder
Across the river deep and wide
Where steel and water did collide
A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound
But I am still around
I'll always be around, and around and around and around and around
I'll fly a starship
Across the Universe divide
And when I reach the other side
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
But I will remain
And I'll be back again
And again and again and again and again and again and again
Along the coach roads I did ride
With sword and pistol by my side
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade
The bastards hung me in the spring of 25
But I am still alive
I was a sailor
I was born upon the tide
And with the sea I did abide
I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico
I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed
But I am living still
I was a dam builder
Across the river deep and wide
Where steel and water did collide
A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound
But I am still around
I'll always be around, and around and around and around and around
I'll fly a starship
Across the Universe divide
And when I reach the other side
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
But I will remain
And I'll be back again
And again and again and again and again and again and again
Credits
Writer(s): Jimmy Webb
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- Good Hearted Woman (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - March 1990)
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- Amanda (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - March 1990)
- There Ain't No Good Chain Gang (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - March 1990)
- Ring of Fire (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - March 1990)
- Folsom Prison Blues (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - March 1990)
- Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - March 1990)
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