Highwaymen If He Came Back Again Lyrics

If He Came Back Again

( Waylon Jennings) You'd have thought a king had died
the way those people cried
Instead of one more broken entertainer
(Kris Kristofferson) It struck those in his trade
he could have had it made
(Waylon Jennings) If he'd only been a little saner
They traveled far to see him
Oh, the humble and the high
They said goodbye as if he were a friend

(Highwaymen) Now somewhere he is smiling
On those who idolized him
But would they even recognize him
If he came back again?

( Willie Nelson) He was born of modest means
but had outrageous dreams
They never let him rest till he fulfilled them
(Johnny Cash) While he rode that train of song
his devils tagged along ( Johnny Cash) The whiskey and the pills just couldn't
kill him
(willie nelson) He didn't mean to be a rebel
(Johnny Cash)Ah, the real ones never do
They're born apart from ordinary men

(Highwaymen) Now somewhere he is smiling
On those who sanctified him
But would they even recognize him
If he came back again?

(Waylon Jennings) It's an old familiar story
(Kris Kristofferson) But it's a damn shame none-the-
less
(Willie Nelson) They don't forgive his kind
(Johnny Cash)Till they lay them down to rest

(Higywaymen) Now somewhere he is smiling
On those who idolized him
But would they even recognize him
If he came back again?
Oh, if he came back again