Written By: Kris Kristofferson
Performed By: The Highwaymen (Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash & Kris Kristofferson)
Apears On: Highwayman 2-1990, The Highwayman Collection-2000, Et Al.



[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.
[Cash:]
(Talkin' About The Dream.)
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.

[Instrumental Break.]

[Jennings & Nelson:]
Was He Crucified,
Was He Done In By The Law?
[Kristofferson & Cash:]
Are You Satisfied,
That He'll Never Ride Again?
[Jennings & Nelson:]
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?
(Say, Two Thousand Years Ago.)
[Nelson:]
Were We Better Men,
Than We'd Ever Been Before?
(Or Two Hundred Years.)
[Kristofferson:]
Say, If She Came Again Today,
Would You Still Answer To The Call?
[Cash:]
(Or Tomorrow.)
[Kristofferson:]
Tell The Truth My Friend,
Don't It Matter Anymore?