Lyrics and translation Willie Nelson - Highwayman

Highwayman

I was a highwayman

J'étais un brigand

Along the coach roads I did ride

Sur les routes, je galopais

With sword and pistol by my side

L'épée et le pistolet à mes côtés

Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade

Des jeunes filles ont perdu leurs bijoux à cause de mes méfaits

Many a soldier shed his life blood on my blade

Des soldats ont versé leur sang sur ma lame

The bastards hung me in the spring of ′25

Les salauds m'ont pendu au printemps de ′25

But I am still alive

Mais je suis toujours vivant

I was a sailor

J'étais un marin

I was born upon the tide

Je suis né sur les flots

The way of the sea I did abide

J'ai suivi la voie de la mer

I sailed a schooner 'round the horn of Mexico

J'ai navigué sur une goélette autour du cap Horn au Mexique

I went aloft to furl the mainsail, so little blow

Je suis monté dans les mâts pour carguer la grand-voile, si peu de vent

And when the yards broke off

Et quand les vergues se sont brisées

They said that I got killed

Ils ont dit que j'avais été tué

But I am living still

Mais je suis toujours vivant

I was a dam builder

J'étais un constructeur de barrage

Across the river deep and wide

Sur la rivière profonde et large

Where steel and water did collide

Où l'acier et l'eau se sont heurtés

A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado

Un endroit appelé Boulder sur le Colorado sauvage

I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below

J'ai glissé et je suis tombé dans le béton humide en dessous

They buried me in that grey tomb that knows no sound

Ils m'ont enterré dans cette tombe grise qui ne connaît aucun bruit

But I am still around

Mais je suis toujours là

I′ll always be around and around

Je serai toujours là

And around and around and around and around

Et autour et autour

I fly a star ship

Je pilote un vaisseau spatial

'Cross the universe divide

À travers l'univers divisé

And when I reach the other side

Et quand j'atteindrai l'autre côté

I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can

Je trouverai un endroit où reposer mon esprit si je le peux

Perhaps I may become a highwayman again

Peut-être redeviendrai-je un brigand

Or I may simply be a single drop of rain

Ou je serai peut-être simplement une goutte de pluie

But I will remain

Mais je resterai

And I′ll be back again and again

Et je reviendrai encore et encore

And again and again and again and again

Et encore et encore

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Writer(s): Jimmy Webb

Album

Revolutions of Time - The Journey 1975-1993

date of release

14-11-1995

1 Stay A Little Longer
2 City Of New Orleans
3 Who'll Buy My Memories?
4 It's Not Supposed To Be That Way
5 Take It to the Limit
6 Old Friends
7 They All Went to Mexico
8 Seven Spanish Angels
9 I'm Movin' On
10 Highwayman
11 Slow Movin' Outlaw
12 Are There Any More Real Cowboys
13 Texas On a Saturday Night
14 Heartland
15 Nobody Slides, My Friend
16 Little Old Fashioned Karma
17 Harbor Lights
18 Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues
19 Write Your Own Songs
20 When I Dream
21 My Own Peculiar Way
22 There Is No Easy Way (But There Is A Way)
23 Ole Buttermilk Sky
24 A Horse Called Music
25 Nothing I Can Do About It Now
26 Is the Better Part Over
27 Always Late (With Your Kisses)
28 Georgia On My Mind
29 Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
30 Summertime
31 Faded Love
32 Pancho And Lefty
33 In the Jailhouse Now
34 Everything's Beautiful (In It's Own Way)
35 How Do You Feel About Foolin' Around

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