Lyrics American Remains - Johnny Cash , Waylon Jennings , Kris Kristofferson , Willie Nelson

I am a shotgun rider,
For the San Jacinto line
The desert is my brother
My skin is cracked and dry
I was ridin′ 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 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 sucklins 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
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