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