Crazy Guggenheim
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Sat Aug-06-05 12:56 PM
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It's one of the few C&W songs I like. |
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Highwayman
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 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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Sat Aug-06-05 01:02 PM
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Edited on Sat Aug-06-05 01:03 PM by Moochy
He was so much more than just country western!! My parents had Johnn Cash's greatest hits on all the time in our 8-track player in the family truckster. (We dragged a trailer all across the country for summer vacations)
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Ring of Fire was another favorite of mine.
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Sat Aug-06-05 01:09 PM
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Willie, Waylon, Kris and John.
God bless 'em all.
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Sat Aug-06-05 01:43 PM
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3. The Great Jimmy Webb - an amazing songwriter . . . |
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Sat Aug-06-05 01:46 PM
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4. He co-wrote Highwayman didn't he? |
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Sat Aug-06-05 02:09 PM
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6. Words and Music by Jimmy Webb n/t |
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Sat Aug-06-05 01:49 PM
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country western god...throwing down thunderbolts and generally speaking altering the course of human existance...
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Sat Aug-06-05 02:16 PM
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7. everything about your life encapsulated in a three minute song |
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