The Highwayman

Jimmy Webb / the Highwaymen (J. Cash et.al.): Highwayman (1985)

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I was a

highway

man

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a

long the

coach roads

I did

ride,

Sword

and

pistol

by my

side,

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	Many	a	young maid	lost her	baubles	to my	trade,

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	Many	a	soldier	shed his	lifeblood	on my	blade,

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The

basterds

hung me

in the

spring of

twenty-

five,

But

I am

still a

live...

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	I was a	sailor, I was	born upon the	tide,	With the	sea I did a	bide,

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	I sailed a	schooner round the	horn of Mexi	co,

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	I went a	loft and furled the	main sail in a	blow,

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		And when the	yards broke off they	said that	I've 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 col	lide,

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	A place called	Boulder on the	wild Colora	do,

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	I slipped and	fell into the	wet concrete be	low,

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		They buried	me in that gray	tomb that	knows no	sounds, But I am still a	round...

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	I'll fly a	starship '	cross the universe di	vide,	And when I	reach the other	side,

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	I'll find a	place to rest my	spirit if I	can,

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	Perhaps I	may become a	highwayman a	gain,

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		Or I may	simply be a	single	drop of	rain, But I will re	main...