living legend

LIVING LEGEND

Written by: Kris Kristofferson

Performed by: The Highwaymen (Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash & Kris Kristofferson)

Apears on: Highwayman 2-1990, The Highwayman Collection-2000, et al.



[Nelson:]

Was it bitter then,

With our backs against the wall?

[Kristofferson:]

Were we better men,

Than we'd ever been before?

[Nelson:]

Say, if she came again today,

Would you still answer to the call?

[Kristofferson:]

Tell the truth my friend,

Don't it matter anymore?



[Nelson:]

We were simple men,

By her side when she was born.

[Cash:]

(Talkin' about the dream.)

It was simple then,

Like the freedom when you fall.

And we were smaller then you see,

But soon we gathered like a storm.

They don't understand

What that thunder meant at all.



[Instrumental break.]



[Jennings & Nelson:]

Was he crucified,

Was he done in by the law?

[Kristofferson & Cash:]

Are you satisfied,

That he'll never ride again?

[Jennings & Nelson:]

Some people say he got away,

They say he never died at all.

[Cash:]

If that story's true,

Does it bother you my friend?



[Kristofferson:]

Was it bitter then,

With our backs against the wall?

(Say, two thousand years ago.)

[Nelson:]

Were we better men,

Than we'd ever been before?

(Or two hundred years.)

[Kristofferson:]

Say, if she came again today,

Would you still answer to the call?

[Cash:]

(Or tomorrow.)

[Kristofferson:]

Tell the truth my friend,