Highwayman - Johnny Cash Lyrics - Kris Kristofferson

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. 

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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 

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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..