JOHNNY CASH - HIGHWAYMAN

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“I wouldn’t let anybody influence me into thinking I was doing the wrong thing by singing about death, hell and drugs. Beause I’ve always done that, and I always will.” — Johnny Cash

THE 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..

by Jimmy Webb

Voir aussi : JOHNNY CASH - COCAINE BLUES

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August 3rd, 2007 by page2007.com | Posted in CHANTEURS, ARTS |