Pancho and Lefty
Pancho and Lefty

Townes Van Zandt - Pancho and Lefty Lyrics

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Pancho and Lefty Lyrics

Living on the road my friend
Is gonna keep you free and clean
Now you wear your skin like iron
And your breath as hard as kerosene
You weren't your mama's only boy
But her favorite one it seems
She began to cry when you said goodbye
Sank into your dreams

Pancho was a bandit boy
His horse was fast as polished steel
Wore his gun outside his pants
For all the honest world to feel
Pancho met his match you know
On the deserts down in Mexico
Nobody heard his dying words
Ah but that's the way it goes

All the Federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him hang around
Out of kindness, I suppose

Lefty, he can't sing the blues
All night long like he used to
The dust that Pancho bit down south
Ended up in Lefty's mouth
The day they laid poor Pancho low
Lefty split for Ohio
Where he got the bread to go
There ain't nobody knows

All the Federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him slip away

Now the poets tell how Pancho fell
And Lefty's living in cheap hotel
The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold
And so the story ends we're told
Pancho needs your prayers it's true
But save a few for Lefty too
He just did what he had to do
And now he's growing old

And a few great Federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him go so wrong
Out of kindness, I suppose

A few great Federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him go so wrong
Out of kindness, I suppose

Writer(s): Townes Van Zandt
Copyright(s): Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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