Highway Man

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[Verse 1]

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I was a highwayman
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On 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.


[Verse 2]

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I was a sailor
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And I was born upon the tide
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And with the sea I did abide.
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I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico
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I went aloft to furled the mainsail in a blow
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And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed
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But I'm living still.


[Verse 3]

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I was a dam builder
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Across this river deep and wide
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Where steel and water did collide
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In a place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
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I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
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Then they buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound
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But I am still around
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I'll always be around, and around, and around, and around


[Verse 4]

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I flew a star ship
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Across the universe divide
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And when I reach the other side
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I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
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Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
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Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
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But I will remain
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And I'll be back again, and again, and again, and again