Cash Johnny Highwayman Lyrics

Highwayman Lyrics

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..