{"id":15214,"date":"2017-02-01T20:58:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T10:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=15214"},"modified":"2017-02-01T20:58:39","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T10:58:39","slug":"jimmy-webbs-story-behind-the-highwayman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=15214","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Webb\u2019s Story Behind \u201cThe Highwayman\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was a highwayman along the coach roads I did ride
\nWith the sword and pistol by my side
\nMany a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
\nMany a soldier shed his life blood on my blade
\nThe bastards hung me in the spring of ’25
\nBut I am still alive
\nI was a sailor, I was born upon the tide
\nAnd with the sea I did abide
\nI sailed a schooner ’round the horn of Mexico
\nI went aloft to furl the mainsail in a blow
\nAnd when the yards broke off they say that I got killed
\nBut I am living still
\nI was a dam builder across the river deep and wide
\nWhere steel and water did collide
\nA place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
\nI slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
\nThey buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound
\nBut I am still around, seems like it all goes ’round and ’round and ’round
\nAnd ’round and ’round yes it goes when here we go
\nI’ll fly a starship across the universe divide
\nAnd when I reach the other side
\nI’ll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
\nPerhaps I may become a highwayman again
\nOr I may simply be a single drop of rain
\nBut I will remain and I’ll be back again
\nYes, I will when here we go but I’ll be back again
\nYes, I will when here we go but I’ll be back again
\nI was a highwayman along the coach roads I did ride
\nWith the sword and pistol by my side
\nMany a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
\nMany a soldier shed his life blood on my blade
\nThe bastards hung me in the spring of ’25
\nBut I am still alive
\nI was a sailor, I was born upon the tide
\nAnd with the sea I did abide
\nI sailed a schooner ’round the horn of Mexico
\nI went aloft to furl the mainsail in a blow
\nAnd when the yards broke off they say that I got killed
\nBut I am living still
\nI was a dam builder across the river deep and wide
\nWhere steel and water did collide
\nA place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
\nI slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
\nThey buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound
\nBut I am still around, seems like it all goes ’round and ’round and ’round
\nAnd ’round and ’round yes it goes when here we go
\nI’ll fly a starship across the universe divide
\nAnd when I reach the other side
\nI’ll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
\nPerhaps I may become a highwayman again
\nOr I may simply be a single drop of rain
\nBut I will remain and I’ll be back again
\nYes, I will when here we go but I’ll be back again
\nYes, I will when here we go but I’ll be back again
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I was a highwayman along the coach roads I did ride With the sword and pistol by my side Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade Many a soldier shed his life blood on my blade The bastards hung me in the spring of ’25 But I am still alive I was … <\/p>\n

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