The Highwaymen - If He Came Back Again lyrics

You'd've thought a king had died
The way those people cried
Instead of one more broken entertainer

It struck those in his trade
He could-a had it made
If he'd only been a little saner

They traveled far to see him
Oh, the humble and the high
They said goodbye as if he were a friend

Now somewhere he is smilin'
On those who idolize him
But would they not recognize him
If he came back again?

He was born of modest means
And had outrageous dreams
They never let him rest
Till he fullfilled them

While he rode that train of song
His devils tagged along
The whiskey and the pills
Just couldn't kill him nelson:
He didn't mean to be a rebel

No the real ones never do nelson:
They are born apart from ordinary men

And somewhere he is smilin'
On those who sanctify him
But would they not recognize him
If he came back again?

But, it's an old, familiar story
Kristofferson:
But, it's a damn shame nonetheless nelson:
They don't forgive his kind cash:
Until they lay them down to rest

And somewhere he is smilin'
On those who idolize him
But would they not recognize him
If he came back again?

If he came back again?

Cash attempts to sing the last
Line again and that
Seems to be wrong and very funny to everyone