Willie Nelson - Pancho & Lefty Lyrics
Livin on the road my friend, is gonna keep you free and cleanNow you wear your skin like ironYour breath as hard as keroseneYou weren't your momma's only boy, but her favorite one it seemsShe began to cry when you said goodbyeAnd sank into your dreamsPancho was a bandit boy, his horse was fast as polished steelHe wore his gun outside his pantsFor all the honest world to feelPancho met his match you know on the deserts down in MexicoNobody heard his dyin words, ah but that's the way it goesAll the Federales say, they could've had him any dayThey only let him slip away, out of kindness I supposeLefty he can't sing the blues all night long like he used toThe dust that Pancho bit down south ended up in Lefty's mouthThe day they laid poor Pancho low, Lefty split for OhioWhere he got the bread to go, there ain't nobody knowsAll the Federales say, they could've had him any dayThey only let him slip away out of kindness I supposeThe boys tell how old Pancho fell, and Lefty's livin in cheap hotelsThe desert's quiet, Cleveland's coldAnd so the story ends we're toldPancho needs your prayers it's true, but save a few for Lefty tooHe only did what he had to do, and now he's growing oldAll the Federales say, they could've had him any dayThey only let him slip away out of kindness I supposeA few gray Federales say, they could've had him any dayThey only let him slip away out of kindness I suppose
