American Remains
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| "American Remains" | |
|---|---|
 1990 single cover, b/w 'Texas' | |
| Single by The Highwaymen | |
| from the album Highwayman 2 | |
| A-side | "Silver Stallion", "Texas" |
| Released | 1990 |
| Genre | Country |
| Length | 4:06 |
| Label | Columbia 38-73233, 38-73572 |
| Songwriter(s) | R. Rutherford |
| Producer(s) | Chips Moman |
| Music video | |
| "American Remains" on YouTube | |
"American Remains" is a song written by Rivers Rutherford and originally recorded by the Highwaymen (Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Willie Nelson)[1] for their 1990 album Highwayman 2. The song follows the stories of 4 historically fictional men (a shotgun rider for the fictional "San Jacinto Line", a card shark, a Midwest farmer, and a Cherokee American Indian) in a similar vein to their cover of "Highwayman".[2] Unlike in Highwayman, however, none of the characters are implied dead; their legacies are instead emphasized.
The song was chosen as the fifth track of the album[3] and as a flip side to the lead single from it ("Silver Stallion" / "American Remains", Columbia 38-73233).[4] In October of the same year, it was again released as a single, this time coupled with "Texas".[5]