American Remains - 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

Till 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 cause I'll ride again

I am a river gambler I make a living dealing cards

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

I was shuffling 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

I am a mid-west farmer I make a living 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 nothing he can do

He tells me that he's coming but the clouds are coming 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' poisoned my existence with his deeds

Nature is our mother we are sucklings at her breast

And he who tries to beat her down will lose her to the rest they'll never win I'll ride again