The Highwaymen
The Highwaymen
The Highwaymen
The Highwaymen
The Highwaymen
The Highwaymen
The Highwaymen & Johnny Rodriguez
The Highwaymen
The Highwaymen
The Highwaymen
Have you ever written a song so great that the four greatest Outlaw Country singers of all time named their supergroup after it? No? Well, that’s because you’re not Jimmy Webb.
According to Webb, he got the influence to write the lyrics after dreaming himself as a Highwayman on the run from the l...
[Verse 1: Willie Nelson]
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 '25
But I am still alive
[Verse 2: Kris Kristofferson]
I was a sailor
I was born upon the tide
And with the sea I did abide
I sailed a schooner around 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
[Verse 3: Waylon Jennings & All]
I was a dam builder
Across a 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 gray tomb that knows no sound
But I am still around
I'll always be around
And around, and around, and around
And around, and around, and around...
[Verse 4: Johnny Cash & All]
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, and again...
Highwayman was written by Jimmy Webb.
Highwayman was produced by Chips Moman.
The Highwaymen released Highwayman on Mon May 06 1985.
A Yard is part of the anatomy of a sail boat. It’s part of what the sails are attached to. So the implication in the line is that he was in turbulent water at sea, and it was so violent the yard arm broke off.