Highwaymen

Highwaymen
Last updated: Friday 7. March 1997

Everyone Gets Crazy
(written by Kevin Welch)

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 you feel like you're the only one
To lose more then he wins
Guess these trouble times get scary
But that's just ordinary
Everyone gets crazy now and then

And who can say they've never stumbled
Never fallen to their knees
Your dreams like castles when they crumble
Well I know what you mean
And I know how hard it can seem

I get crazy just like you
Lost and lonely too
Like some old flag left flying in the wind
Time has taught me this for sure
Time is the only cure
All your blues will turn to gold again
Oh everyone gets crazy now and then

Here Comes That Rainbow Again
(written by Kris Kristofferson)

The scene was a small roadside cafe
The waitress was sweeping the floor
Two truck drivers drinking their coffee
And two Okie kids by the door

"How much are them candies ?" they asked her
"How much have you got ?" she replied
"We've only a penny between us"
"Them's two for a penny", she lied

And the daylight grew heavy with thunder
With the smells of the rains on the wind
Ain't it just like a human
Here comes that rainbow again

One truck driver called to the waitress
After the kids went outside
"Them candies ain't two for a penny"
"So what's it to you ?" she replied

In silence they finished their coffee
Got up and nodded goodbye
She called, "Hey you left too much money"
"So what's it to you ?" they replied

And the daylight was heavy with thunder
With the smell of the rains on the wind
Ain't it just like a human
Here comes that rainbow again
Ain't it just like a human
Here comes that rainbow again

It Is What It Is
(written by Stephen Bruton and John Fleming)

I've been obnoxious
I've been unconscious
I've been all kinds of things that are hard to spell
I've been unruly
Speakin' truly
I've been so cool I couldn't hardly even stand myself
I've been a monster
Without a sponsor
I've been Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
I've been a goner
I've been a loner
And when my mixture was right
Hell, I'm a nice bunch of guys

(Chorus)
I am what I am 'cause I ain't what I used to be
'Cause it is what it is but it ain't what it used to be

I been a mover
I was a shaker
You had a girlfriend
I tried to snake her
I've been mysterious
I've been delirious
I've been so weird it would have killed a normal man
I wanted money
I wanted power
I want a monument
Kind of like the Eiffel Tower
I've been lost at sea
I've been lost in space
And when I fall in love
I fall all over the place

(Repeat chorus)

You can go on forever and make the same mistakes
Or you can stand up on your hind legs and change your fate
Go on and do until you finally see
What it is that it was that you don't want to be
I was an outlaw
I was an in-law
I was a scapegoat
That was the last straw
I hit the highway
Singin' my way
But it wound up sounding like you'll never walk alone
I got a story
Reflected glory
Is the way that I've been seein' for most of my life
I heard the laughter
Up in the rafter
But I never ever thought that the joke was on me

(Repeat chorus twice)

Live Forever
(written by Billy Joe Shaver and Eddy Shaver)

(Chorus)
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now

You're gonna want to hold me
Just like I always told you
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone

Nobody here will ever find me
But I will always be around
Just like the songs I leave behind me
I'm gonna live forever now

You fathers and you mothers
Be good to one another
Please try to raise your children right
Don't let the darkness take 'em
Don't make 'em feel forsaken
Just lead them safely to the light

When this old world is blown assunder
And all the stars fall from the sky
Remember someone really loves you
We'll live forever you and I

(Repeat chorus three times)

The Devil's Right Hand
(written by Steve Earle)

About the time that daddy left to fight the big war
I saw my first pistol in the general store
In the general store, when I was thirteen
Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen

I asked if I could have one some day when I grew up
Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up
She really blew up and I didn't understand
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

(Chorus)
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

My very first pistol was a cap and ball colt
Shoots as fast as lightin' but it loads a mighty slow
Loads a mighty slow and soon I found out
It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out

So then I went and bought myself a colt 45
Called a peacemaker but I never knew why
I never knew why, I didn't understand
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

(Repeat chorus twice)

I got into a card game in a company town
Caught a miner cheating and I shot the dog down
Shot the dog down, watched the man fall
Never touched his holster never had a chance to draw
The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed
Asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said
Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man
Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand

The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

True Love Travels A Gravel Road
(written by Dallas Frazier and A.L. "Doodle" Owens)

How many girls
Choose cotton dress worlds
When they could have satins and lace
And stand by her man
Through good times and bad
And still keep a smile on her face
And how many hearts
Could face the winters we've known
And still not turn gold

(Chorus)
True love travels on a gravel road

Love is a stranger and hearts are in danger
On smooth streets
Paved with gold

(Repeat chorus)

Down through the years
We've had hard times and tears
But it only makes our love grow
And we'll stay together
No matter how hard the wind blows
Not once have I seen your
Blue eyes fill with envy
Or stray from the warmth
That they hold

(Repeat chorus)

Now love is a stranger and hearts are in danger
On smooth streets
Paved with gold

(Repeat chorus eight times)

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