Emmylou Harris - Pancho Lefty Lyrics
(townes van zandt)Livin on the road my friendWas gonna keep you free and cleanNow you wear skin like ironAnd your breaths as hard as keroseneYou werent your mamas only boyBut her favorite one it seemsShe began to cry when you said goodbyeAnd sank into your dreamsPancho was a bandit, boysHis horse was fast as polished steelWore his gun outside his pantsFor all the honest world to feelWell, pancho met his match you knowOn the deserts down in mexicoAnd nobody heard his dyin wordsAh but thats the way it goesAll the federales sayCould of had him any dayOnly let him any dayHang aroundOut of kindness I supposeLefty, he cant sing the bluesAll night long like he used toThe dust that pancho bit down southEnded up in leftys mouthThe day they laid poor pancho lowLefty split for ohioWhere he got the bread to gopThere aint nobody knowsWell, the poets tell how pancho fellAnd leftys livin in a cheap hotelThe desserts quiet and clevelands coldSo the story ends, were toldPancho needs your prayers its trueBut save a few for lefty tooHe just did what he had to doAnd now hes growin oldA few gray federales sayCould have had him any dayOnly let him go so longOut of kindness I suppose
