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Townes Van Zandt
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Pancho & Lefty
Lyricist：Townes Van Zandt
Living on the road, my friend
Was 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
He wore his gun outside his pants
For all the honest world to feel
Well, Pancho met his match, you know
On the deserts down in Mexico
And nobody heard his dying words
But that's the way it goes
And all the Federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him hang around
Out of kindness, I suppose
Well 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
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The day they laid poor Pancho low
Lefty split for Ohio
And where he got the bread to go
That ain't nobody knows
And 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 a cheap hotel
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
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 few great Federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him go so long
Out of kindness, I suppose
A few great Federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him go so long
Out of kindness, I suppose
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