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Artist/Band: The Highwaymen
Lyrics for Song: American Remains
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - The Highwaymen



I am a shotgun rider for the San Jacinto line,

The desert is my brother, my skin is cracked and dry.

I was riding on a folk coach and everything was fine,

'Til we took a shorter road to save some time.

The bandits only fired once, they shot me in the chest.

They may have wounded me but they'll never get the best,

Of better men:

'Cos I'll ride again.

I am a river gambler, I make a livin' dealin' cards.

My clothes are smooth and honest, my heart is cold and hard.

I was shufflin' for some delta boys on a boat for New Orleans,

I was the greatest shark they'd ever seen.

But the Captain bumped a sandbar, and an ace fell from my sleeve.

They threw me overboard as I swore I didn't cheat,

But I could swim:

And I'll ride again.

We are heroes of the homeland, American remains.

We live in many faces and answer many names.

We will not be forgotten, we won't be left behind.

Our memories live on in mortal minds.

And poets pens:

We'll ride again.

I am a mid-west farmer, I make a livin' off the land,

I ride a John Deere tractor, I'm a liberated man.

But the rain it hasn't fallen, since the middle of July,

And if it don't come soon my crops will die.

The bank man says he likes me, but there's nothin' he can do.

He tells me that he's comin' but the clouds are comin' too.

He ain't my friend:

And I'll ride again.

I am an American Indian, my tribe is Cherokee.

My forefathers loved this land they left it here for me.

But the white man came with boats and trains and dirty factories,

An' poisened my existence with his deeds.

Nature is our mother, we are sucklings at her breast.

And he who trys to beat her down will lose her to the rest.

They'll never win;

I'll ride again.

We are heroes of the homeland, American remains.

We live in many faces and answer many names.

We will not be forgotten, we won't be left behind.

Our memories live on in mortal minds.

And poets pens:

We'll ride again.


Album Lyrics: Other Songs - The Highwaymen


The Highwaymen
"Other Songs - The Highwaymen"


1. Against The Wind
2. American Remains
3. Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground [Live]
4. Angels Love Bad Men
5. Anthem '84
6. Big River
7. Born And Raised In Black And White
8. Casey's Last Ride
9. City Of New Orleans [Live]
10. Committed To Parkview
11. Cotton Fields
12. Deportee (plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
13. Good Hearted Woman [Live]
14. Highwayman
15. Jesse Younger
16. Jim, I Wore A Tie Today
17. Just The Other Side Of Nowhere
18. Live Forever
19. Living Legend
20. Lorena
21. Love's Gonna Live Here
22. Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight
23. Red-Headed Stranger [Live]
24. Sally Was A Good Old Girl
25. Silver Stallion
26. Songs That Make A Difference
27. Sugar Man
28. Sunday Morning Coming Down [Live]
29. Texas
30. The Highwaymen
31. The Last Cowboy Song
32. Two Stories Wide
33. We're All In Your Corner
34. Welfare Line
35. White Lightning