After a night of drinking with Harry Nilsson, Jimmy Webb wrote the song “The Highwayman.” Released in 1977, the song came in a dream to Webb, the singer and songwriter behind Glen Campbell‘s “Wichita ...
The Highwayman” by The Highwaymen (Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Willie Nelson) is a song about reincarnation. It can also be viewed as describing the progress of civilization.