The Highwaymen - Why Me (American Outlaws: Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1990)

The Highwaymen performing “Why Me“ from American Outlaws: Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1990 Listen to The Highwaymen: Follow The Highwaymen: Facebook: Spotify: Chorus: 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 b