He thinks he's Hank Williams, hear him singin' through the door Each time one of these country legends say they were killed, the line after is about them living on. Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade. It's something I keep working on. I don't have too much to build on. [Johnny Cash] I am a shotgun rider, For the San Jacinto line, The desert is my brother, My skin is cracked and dry. And with the sea I did abide [Johnny Cash] They shot me in the chest. The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five Copyright: Writer(s): Jimmy Webb Lyrics Terms of Use. [Johnny Cash] But I am still around, I'll always be around and around and around and And then they give me my injection, and I go right back to sleep I was born upon the tide They wake us about six-thirty, just before the morning meal [Verse 2: Kris Kristofferson] sort by album sort by song. I had an old brace of pistols in my belt and I was riding, hell-bent for leather, down these country roads, with sweat pouring off of my body. They may have wounded me but.
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain I'll always be around, and around and around and around and around... Big River. [Verse 3: Waylon Jennings] And when I reach the other side While they're taking blood pressure, they ask us how we feel Without even thinking about it, I stumbled out of bed to the piano and started playing “Highwayman”. I was a dam builder across the river deep and wide The bandits only fired once. But I am living still. Along the coach roads I did ride. In my own way, right or wrong. But I will remain But I am still alive Additionally, at the end of Johnny’s verse, he states that he may become a highwayman again when he dies.
Till we took a shorter road. There's a man across the hall, who sits starin' at the floor. Across the Universe divide
I don't talk too much about it. Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade I was riding on a folk coach. "American Remains". And I'll be back again, and again and again and again and again. [Willie Nelson] [Johnny Cash, Lead; Willie Nelson, Harmony] But I am living still And for one thing or another, committed to Parkview And when I reach the other side Across the river deep and wide (originally by Jimmy Webb) [Willie Nelson:] I was a highwayman.
album: "Highwayman" (1985) Highwayman. Johnny Cash: I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below With sword and pistol by my side
The Highwaymen Lyrics.
And I'll be back again, and again and again and again and again. Some came of their own good choosing, some committed to Parkview There's a boy just down below me, who's the son of some well-known There's a girl who cries above me, loud enough to wake the dead I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico
And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed "Highwayman". And with the sea I did abide. A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado There's a bum from down on Broadway, and a few quite well-to-do There are lots of special people, stayin' in or passin' through And everything was fine. I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico, I was a dam builder across the river deep and wide, I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below, I fly a star-ship across the Universe divide. The Highwaymen - Highwayman Lyrics. There's a writer and a singer, who has tried and tried and tried There are those who never made it, those who did and now are through I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
But I am still alive. A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado There's the girl in three-oh-seven, comin' down on Thorazine Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade
And a superstar's ex-drummer, tryin' to kick Benzedrine But I am living still. Where steel and water did collide There's a man across the hall, who sits starin' at the floor [Verse 4: Johnny Cash] And the days are kind of foggy, and the nights are dreamy too Perhaps I may become a highwayman again 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 [Willie Nelson] Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade.
They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below They just brought him in this mornin', an attempted suicide 18 Non-Traditional Yet Perfect Wedding Songs, HOT SONG: 21 Savage x Metro Boomin - "My Dawgâ" - LYRICS, NEW SONG: Rod Wave - POP SMOKE - "MOOD SWINGS" ft. Lil Tjay - LYRICS, NEW SONG: AC/DC - "Shot In The Dark" - LYRICS, NEW SONG: Shawn Mendes - "Wonder" - LYRICS. They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound Where steel and water did collide I was a sailor I sat up in bed, sweating through my pajamas. Or I may simply be a single drop of rain Waylon Jennings: Along the coach roads I did ride In my own way, I'm a believer.
It was very real. [Willie Nelson] I'll always be around, and around and around and around and around... And I'll be back again, and again and again and again and again. The Highwaymen Lyrics. But I am still alive. And I always say "Fantastic, there ain't nothing wrong with me" With sword and pistol by my side He was brought in by his mother, 'cause his daddy's always gone He thinks he's Hank Williams, hear him singin' through the door. They don't know what she has taken, that has scrambled up her head [Verse 1: Willie Nelson]
According to Webb, he got the influence to write the lyrics after dreaming himself as a Highwayman on the run from the law, and formed the music for the song shortly after coming up with the concept. There's a girl in two-oh-three, who stops by to visit me. And with the sea I did abide. Willie Nelson: Have you ever written a song so great that the four greatest Outlaw Country singers of all time named their supergroup after it? [Johnny Cash] [Willie Nelson] Along the coach roads I did ride I'll fly a starship Perhaps I may become a highwayman again The Highwaymen Lyrics. [Johnny Cash] But I am still around Within a couple of hours, I had the first verse. No? The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five Well, that’s because you’re not Jimmy Webb. I was a highwayman
And she talks about her songs, and the star that she should be
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can Desperados Waiting For A Train. I was terrified because I was being pursued by police, who were on the verge of shooting me. This song’s lyrics heavily imply the theme of reincarnation. There's a girl in two-oh-three, who stops by to visit me I fly a star-ship across the Universe divide I was a highwayman And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed I was ridin… I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow Jim, I Wore A Tie Today. Who have withdrawn from the rat-race, and committed to Parkview The Last Cowboy Song. To save some time.
But I will remain But they're takin' good care of me, committed to Parkview.
Committed To Parkview. Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade I was born upon the tide I was a sailor [Johnny Cash, Lead; Willie Nelson, Harmony] Around and around Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico I was a dam builder Kris Kristofferson With sword and pistol by my side.
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can