The Highwaymen - Living Legend
Written by: Kris Kristofferson
Performed by: The Highwaymen (Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash & Kris Kristofferson)
Apears on: Highwayman 2-1990, The Highwayman Collection-2000, et al.
[Nelson:]
Was it bitter then,
With our backs against the wall?
[Kristofferson:]
Were we better men,
Than we'd ever been before?
[Nelson:]
Say, if she came again today,
Would you still answer to the call?
[Kristofferson:]
Tell the truth my friend,
Don't it matter anymore?
[Nelson:]
We were simple men,
By her side when she was born.
[Cash:]
(Talkin' about the dream.)
It was simple then,
Like the freedom when you fall.
And we were smaller then you see,
But soon we gathered like a storm.
They don't understand
What that thunder meant at all.
[Instrumental break.]
[Jennings & Nelson:]
Was he crucified,
Was he done in by the law?
[Kristofferson & Cash:]
Are you satisfied,
That he'll never ride again?
[Jennings & Nelson:]
Some people say he got away,
They say he never died at all.
[Cash:]
If that story's true,
Does it bother you my friend?
[Kristofferson:]
Was it bitter then,
With our backs against the wall?
(Say, two thousand years ago.)
[Nelson:]
Were we better men,
Than we'd ever been before?
(Or two hundred years.)
[Kristofferson:]
Say, if she came again today,
Would you still answer to the call?
[Cash:]
(Or tomorrow.)
[Kristofferson:]
Tell the truth my friend,
Don't it matter anymore?
More The Highwaymen's lyrics
Against the Wind
American Remains
Angels Love Bad Men
Anthem '84
Big River
Born And Raised In Black And White
Committed to Parkview
Cotton Fields
Death And Hell
Deportee
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| Title:Living Legend
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