It's one of the few C&W songs I like.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

Highwayman



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..

[Moochy]

1. Johnny Cash!

He was so much more than just country western!!
My parents had Johnn Cash's greatest hits on all the time in our 8-track player in the family truckster. (We dragged a trailer all across the country for summer vacations)

:D

Ring of Fire was another favorite of mine.

[Coyote_Bandit]

2. The Highwaymen!

Willie, Waylon, Kris and John.

God bless 'em all.

[emulatorloo]

3. The Great Jimmy Webb - an amazing songwriter . . .

http://www.jimmywebb.com

[Crazy Guggenheim]

4. He co-wrote Highwayman didn't he?

[emulatorloo]

6. Words and Music by Jimmy Webb n/t

[cleofus1]

5. jimmy is a

country western god...throwing down thunderbolts and generally speaking altering the course of human existance...

[emulatorloo]

7. everything about your life encapsulated in a three minute song

He is one amazing writer