I was a highwaymanAlong the coach roads I did rideWith sword and pistol by my sideMany a young maid lost her baubles to my tradeMany a soldier shed his lifeblood on my bladeThe bastards hung me in the spring of '25But I am still aliveI was a sailorI was born upon the tideAnd with the sea, I did abideI sailed a schooner 'round the Horn of MexicoI went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blowAnd when the yards broke off, they said that I got killedBut I am living stillI was a dam builder across the river deep and wideWhere steel and water did collideA place called Boulder on the wild ColoradoI slipped and fell into the wet concrete belowThey buried me in that great tomb that knows no soundBut I am still aroundI'll always be around and aroundAnd around and around and aroundAnd around and aroundI'll fly a starship across the Universe divideAnd when I reach the other sideI'll find a place to rest my spirit if I canPerhaps I may become a highwayman againOr I may simply be a single drop of rainBut I will remainAnd I'll be back againAnd again and againAnd again and againAnd again and againAgain and againAnd again and againAnd again and againAnd again
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Willie Hugh Nelson (Abbott, Texas, 29 de abril de 1933) es un cantante, compositor y guitarrista estadounidense de country. El éxito en la crítica de sus álbumes Shotgun Willie (1973), Red Headed Stranger (1975) y Stardust (1978) convirtieron a Nelson en uno…
