Тексты песен «Highwaymen»

Songwriter: Rutherford, Rivers (Johnny) I am a shotgun rider for the San Jacinto line The desert is my brother, my skin is cracked and dry I was ridin' on a folk coach, and everything was fine Till we took a shorter...

When his stolen gold has turned to rust He rides off in a cloud of dust Lookin' for a border he can cross She'll stand by and watch him go Wonderin' if he'll ever know The hurt she's feelin' now And what they've lost...

There's a man across the hall who sits staring at the floor He thinks he's Hank Williamshear him singing through the door There's a girl in 203, who stops by to visit me And she talks about her songs and the star that...

When I was a little bitty baby My mama would rock me in the cradle In them old cotton fields back home. When I was a little bitty baby My mama would rock me in the cradle In them old cotton fields back home. Oh, when...

The crops are all in and the peaches are rotten, The oranges are packed in the creosote dumps. They're flyin' them back to the Mexican border, To save all their money then wade back again. My father's own father, he...

Look here is that you I see You sure seem down to me Would you like to tell it to a friend I can help if anyone can, you know I understand Everyone gets crazy now and then I know those empty nights get lonely Sometimes...

The scene was a small roadside cafe. The waitress was sweepin' the floor. Two truck drivers drinkin' their coffee, And two Okie kids by the door. "How much are them candies?" they asked her. "How much have you got?"...

I was a highwayman, along the coach roads I did ride 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...

You'd have thought a king had died The way those people cried Instead of one more broken entertainer It struck those in his trade He could have had it made If he'd only been a little saner They traveled far to see him...

Jim, Jim, I wore a tie today The first one that I ever wore And you'd have said I looked like a dummy Out the dry goods store Oh Jim, Jim, the Preacher said a lot of things But I didn't hear a word he said My mind kept...

(Whistling) Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah Sister help to trim the sail, hallelujah Sister help to trim the sail, hallelujah Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah...

Verse 1:(Kris Kristofferson) I'm gonna steal a silver stallion,with not a mark upon his silky hide Teach him he can trust me like a brother,one day we'll saddle up and ride Chorus:(All together with the lead voice of...

Hey babe, do you remember, back in 1969? We gathered round the room, you sang yours and I sang mine We took turns with the guitar, in the front and center seat Shel and Kris and Dylan, and a couple off the street Joni...

(Narrative by Burt Lancaster): I sit in my cell and I stare at the floor The walls, the ceiling, the bars on the door (Highwaymen): And at times he can hear far away, far away The song from a bird from an old yesterday...

A gypsy rover came over the hill, into the valley shady; He whistled and he sang til the green wood rang, And he won the heart of a la - dy. She left her father's castle gate, she left her own true lover; She left...

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...

(All) This the last cowboy song: The end of a hundred year waltz. The voices sound sad as they're singin' along. Another piece of America's lost. (Waylon Jennings) He rides the feed lots, clerks in the markets, On...

Sherry was a waitress at the only joint in town. She had a reputation as a girl who'd been around. Down Main Street after midnight, a brand new pack of cigs, A fresh one hanging from her lips, a beer between her legs...

Well now, boys I've been to Bethlehem Rode there on a big steam train Lost two fenders in the steel wheels And I ain't goin' back again I fought for my country Lord knows I did my best Crawlin' cross some foreign field...