Living Legend

(album: Highwayman 2 - 1990)

[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.

[Kristofferson spoken]
Talking about the dream.

[Cash sung]
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.

[Nelson]
Was he crucified,
Was he done in by the law?

[Kristofferson]
Are you satisfied,
That he'll never ride again?

[Jennings]
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?
Spoken
Say, two thousand years ago.

[Nelson sung]
Were we better men,
Than we'd ever been before?
Spoken
Or two hundred years ago.

[Kristofferson sung]
Say, if she came again today,
Would you still answer to the call?
[Cash Spoken]

Or tomorrow.

[Kristofferson sung]
Tell the truth my friend,
Don't it matter anymore?