Highwayman

Johnny Cash

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1. I was a highwayman. Along the coach roads I did ride
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   With 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 bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five
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   But I am still alive.
   
2. 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.
   
3. 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...
   
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   I'll always be around...and around and around and around
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   and around  
   
4. 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...