"American Remains" is a song written by Rivers Rutherford and originally recorded by the Highwaymen (

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, Kris Kristofferson, and

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) for their 1990 album '' Highwaymen 2''. The song was chosen as the fifth track of the album and as a flip side to the lead

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from it (" Silver Stallion" / "American Remains", Columbia 38-73233). In October of the same year, it was again released as a single, this time coupled with "Texas".

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References

{{reflist 1990 songs 1990 singles Songs written by Rivers Rutherford The Highwaymen (country supergroup) songs