[Nelson]
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Was it bitter then,
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With our backs against the wall?
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[Kristofferson]
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Were we better men,
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Than we'd ever been before?
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[Nelson]
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Say, if she came again today,
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Would you still answer to the call?
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[Kristofferson]
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Tell the truth my friend,
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Don't it matter anymore?
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[Nelson]
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We were simple men,
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By her side when she was born.
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[Kristofferson spoken]
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Talkin' about the dream.
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[Cash sung]
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It was simple then,
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Like the freedom when you fall.
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And we were smaller then you see,
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But soon we gathered like a storm.
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They don't understand
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What that thunder meant at all.
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[Nelson]
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Was he crucified,
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Was he done in by the law?
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[Kristofferson]
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Are you satisfied,
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That he'll never ride again?
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[Jennings]
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Some people say he got away,
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They say he never died at all.
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[Cash]
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If that story's true,
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Does it bother you my friend?
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[Kristofferson]
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Was it bitter then,
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With our backs against the wall?
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Spoken
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Say, two thousand years ago.
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[Nelson sung]
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Were we better men,
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Than we'd ever been before?
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Spoken
|
Or two hundred years ago.
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[Kristofferson sung]
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Say, if she came again today,
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Would you still answer to the call?
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[Cash Spoken]
|
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Or tomorrow.
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[Kristofferson sung]
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Tell the truth my friend,
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Don't it matter anymore?
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Living Legend
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| The Highwaymen |
