Highwayman Lyrics - The Essential Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash

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 

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