Highwayman

	  		
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I was a highwayman along 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 lost his lifeblood on my blade.  
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The bastards hung me in the spring of '25  
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But I am still alive.  
  
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I was a sailor; I was born upon the tide  
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with the sea I did abide  
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I sailed a schooner round the horn of Mexico  
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I went aloft to 'furl 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 am living still.  
  
   
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I was a dam builder across the river deep and wide  
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where steel and water did collide  
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A place called Boulder on the wide Colorado  
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I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below  
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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 and around  
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I fly a starship 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 and again  
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