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Highwayman (Jimmy Webb cover) Lyrics

Iced Earth - Plagues of Babylon
Band
Album

Plagues of Babylon

(2014)
TypeAlbum (Studio full-length)
GenresHeavy Metal, Power Metal
LabelsCentury Media Records
Ranked#318 for 2014 , #9,088 all-time
Album rating :  64.1 / 100
Votes :  13
12. Highwayman (Jimmy Webb cover) (3:12)
Track rating :  90 / 100       Votes :  1       [ ]
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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Iced Earth - Plagues of Babylon
Plagues of Babylon - Album Credits
Members
  • Stu Block : Vocals
  • Troy Seele : Guitars
  • Jon Schaffer : Guitars
  • Luke Appleton : Bass
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  • Guest Musicians:
  • Raphael Saini : Drums
  • Michael Poulsen : Vocals on "Highwayman"
  • Russell Allen : Vocals on "Highwayman"
  • Hansi Kürsch : Vocals on "Among the Living Dead"
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