The Highwayman Lyrics

I was a highwayman

Along the coach roads I did ride

Sword and pistol by my side

Manys a young girl lost her baubles to my trade

Manys a soldier lost his lifeblood on my blade

The bas tards hung me in the spring of twenty-five

But I am still alive

And I was a sailor

I spent my life upon the tide

And the sea I did abide

I sailed a schooner around the Horn to Mexico

I held 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

And I was a dam builder

Across the rivers deep and wide

Where steel and water did collide

A place called Boulder around 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'll fly a star ship

Across the Universe divide

And when I reach the other side

I'll find a place to lay my head down if I can

Perhaps one day I'll be a songwriter 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