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United States
March 14, 2007 6:47pm CST
original thoughts or guesses. Highwayman by 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 bas tards 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..
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@Monkmonk (48)
• United States
3 Jul 07
I think that the song is about reincarnation. And that he always comes back as a highwayman - even though it's a different time and place. I also love the part where he says "or I may simply be a single drop of rain".
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• United States
3 Jul 07
I think it's about reincarnation too. The line about the rain is definately poetic.