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[ Cheers and applause ] Nelson: ♪ I was a highwayman ♪ ♪ Along the coach roads I did ride ♪ Well, I had three of my favorite people out there.
I loved them all like brothers.
We all got along good together.
And we had fun together, we made a movie together.
We toured the world a couple of times.
It was just some of the best times of my life.
♪ The bastards hung me in the spring of '25 ♪ ♪ But I am still alive ♪ ♪♪♪ Kristofferson: ♪ I was a sailor ♪ ♪ I was born upon the tide ♪ Colter: These were the icons of American music, not just country -- popular American music, you know?
They had built empires of their own.
♪♪♪ Kristofferson: ♪ I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow ♪ ♪ And when the yards broke off, they said that I got killed ♪ Kristofferson: For me, it was heaven.
I was up there on the stage with my heroes -- the people that I worshipped.
Jennings: ♪ I was a dam builder ♪ ♪ Across the river deep and wide ♪ ♪ Where steel and water did collide ♪ ♪ A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado ♪ ♪ I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below ♪ ♪ They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound ♪ ♪ But I am still around ♪ ♪ Always be around and round and round ♪ Stuart: The thing that was worth the price of admission was to see those four characters walk out onstage.
It's been said before -- It truly was the Mount Rushmore of country music.
It was special.
Cash: ♪ I fly a starship across the universe divide ♪ ♪ And when I reach the other side ♪ ♪ I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can ♪ ♪ Perhaps I may become a highwayman again ♪ ♪ Or I may simply be a single drop of rain ♪ ♪ But I will remain ♪ ♪ And I'll be back again and again and again and again ♪ ♪ And again and again and again ♪ Kristofferson: We did nothing we didn't want to do.
And we stood up for things we believed in, you know?
And it was a beautiful life that way.
All: ♪ On the road again ♪
