Songs about immortals - like The Highwayman...

[Morgyn]

@Dr.Strangelove

Queen songs from the Highlander soundtrack:
Princes of the Universe
A Kind Of Magic
Who Wants to Live Forever

@bump

A surprisingly haunting song from an otherwise cheesy movie. And it points out one (THE?) of the drawbacks of being immortal- everyone else is sort of ephemeral, even if you fall in love with one.

I was recently doing a binge of Queen documentaries on Youtube and learned that Brian May wrote this song and, in the official video, he sings the first verse.

[Skywatcher]

“Whiskey on a Sunday (The Puppet Song)” - covered by The Irish Rovers and others.

And sad to relate that old Seth Davy died in 1904
The three wooden dolls in the dustbin were laid
His song will be heard nevermore

Come day, go day
Wish in me heart it were Sunday
Drinking buttermilk through the week
Whiskey on a Sunday

But some stormy night when you’re passing that way
And the wind’s blowing up from the sea
You’ll still hear the song of old Seth Davy
As he croons to his dancing dolls three

[Inigo_Montoya]

I want my shit
–Insane Clown Posse

@The family-friendly part of the lyrics

Taurus, born in 1775
I’m like 300 and something, but I’m still alive
I used to hang with the original billy the kid
You prob’ly think I’m only playing but, I did

[brossa]

I appreciate all the responses. It seems like ghosts should be a separate category, though.

[Colibri]

@brossa

I appreciate all the responses. It seems like ghosts should be a separate category, though.

I had assumed The Highwayman you were referring to in the OP was Phil Ochs version of the Alfred Noyes poem, who was in fact a ghost. Now I see that you were referring to this completely different song, in which he is repeatedly reincarnated.

It seems like the examples in the OP only include one true immortal, in “I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago.” In “The Highwayman” and “I Might Have Been Queen” the narrator dies repeatedly but is reincarnated. In “I Ain’t Marching Anymore” the narrator is symbolic of all soldiers; he is neither immortal nor reincarnated. There are many of “him” alive at one time:

For I’ve killed my share of Indians
In a thousand different fights

Fought in the bloody Civil War
Yes I even killed my brother
And so many others

For I marched to the battles of the German trench
In a war that was bound to end all wars
Oh I must have killed a million men

Anyway, cool idea for a thread, but you already had several different varieties of “immortals” in the OP.

So we have in this thread at least:

-True immortal humans who are born but then live forever
-Reincarnations of the same soul after death
-Ghosts
-Gods, devils, and other supernatural entities
-Eternal symbols

[Anglachel]

“Indestructible” Disturbed

[from_a_to_z]

The Friendly Ghost
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[li]Casper the friendly ghost theme - YouTube