"Highwayman" lyrics - 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
And 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.
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
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..
The Essential Johnny Cash (2002)
- Hey Porter
- Cry, Cry, Cry
- I Walk The Line
- Get Rhythm
- There You Go
- Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
- Big River
- Guess Things Happen That Way
- All Over Again
- Don't Take Your Guns To Town
- Five Feet High And Rising
- The Rebel-Johnny Yuma
- Tennessee Flat-Top Box
- I Still Miss Someone
- Ring Of Fire
- The Ballad Of Ira Hayes
- Orange Blossom Special
- Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)
- It Ain't Me, Babe
- The One On The Right Is On The Left
- Jackson
- Folsom Prison Blues
- Daddy Sang Bass
- Girl From The North Country
- A Boy Named Sue
- If I Were A Carpenter
- Sunday Morning Coming Down
- Flesh And Blood
- Man In Black
- Ragged Old Flag
- One Piece At A Time
- (Ghost) Riders In The Sky
- Song Of The Patriot
- Highwayman
- The Night Hank Williams Came To Town
- The Wanderer