Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash - Highwayman lyrics

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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 twenty-five
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 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
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Copyrights:

Author: Jimmy Webb

Composer: ?

Publisher: Sony Music Entertainment

Details:

Released in: 2012

Language: English

Appearing on: The Essential Johnny Cash (2002) , The legend of Johnny (2005) , The Legend (2005) , The Essential (2002)

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