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WILLIE NELSON lyrics : "Highwayman"

I was a highwayman
along the coach roads I did ride
sword and pistol by my side

many a young maid lost her baubbles to my trade
many a soldier shed his life blood on my blade
the !@$(s hung me in the spring of '25

but I am still alive

I was a sailor

I was born upon the tide
the way of the sea I did abide
I sailed a schooner 'round the horn of mexico

I went aloft to furl the mainsail so little 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 grey tomb that knows no sound
but I am still around
I'll always be around and around and around and around and

around and around....

I fly a star ship

across the universe divide
and when i reach the other side
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can

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...

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