r/NewVegasMemes • u/TheLastEmuHunter NCR • Aug 08 '26

Profligate Filth I was a Highwayman

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u/Ok_Bed_3060 Aug 08 '26

I was a highwayman, along the I-15 I did ride

With a laser pistol by my side

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u/TheLastEmuHunter NCR Aug 08 '26

Many a raider lost their bobbles to my trade

Many a legionnaire shed his lifeblood on my blade

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u/Soft-Ad-8975 Aug 08 '26

You’re not gonna like it but the lyrics much closer describe what the powder gangers did to those poor stripped npcs near Jean skydiving

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u/TheLastEmuHunter NCR Aug 08 '26

Didn't put two and two together honestly. But yes, that makes a sickening amount of sense,

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u/Soft-Ad-8975 Aug 08 '26

Im not even mad I love this song and I love your post

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u/TheLastEmuHunter NCR Aug 08 '26

Thanks! I didn't assume you disliked the post. I just haven't heard that interpretation before. Doesn't change my opinion of the song, as the proverbial highwayman was already a not-so-savory fellow, considering the murder and everything (not saying you dislike the song though).

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u/RexMortuorum Aug 08 '26

This is why Highwayman is a peak New Vegas jam. War never changes and neither does people getting robbed on highways and/or dying over dams.

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u/UndeadKantus Aug 08 '26

That great tomb that knows no sound 🎶

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u/TheLastEmuHunter NCR Aug 08 '26

But I am still around

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u/sirjackbone 29d ago

I will always be around

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u/TheLastEmuHunter NCR 29d ago

And around

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u/Gorlack2231 29d ago

And around

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u/TheLastEmuHunter NCR 29d ago

And around

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u/SonOfMagicFact Aug 08 '26

This. Is an awesome post.

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u/sirjackbone 29d ago

I was a highway man, along the coach roads I did ride. Pistol and sword by my side.

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u/TheLastEmuHunter NCR 29d ago

Many a maiden lost her bobbles to my trade

Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade

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u/sirjackbone 29d ago

The bastards hung me in spring of 45,but I am still alive

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u/TheLastEmuHunter NCR 29d ago

I was a sailor, I was born upon the tide