The Highwaymen - Highwayman lyrics
[The Highwaymen - Highwayman lyrics]
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 around 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 a 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 gray
Tomb that knows no sound
But I am still around i'll always be around
And around, and 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, 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 around 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 a 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 gray
Tomb that knows no sound
But I am still around i'll always be around
And around, and 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, and again