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Townes Van Zandt

Poncho and Lefty

Lyricist:Townes Van Zandt

Living on the road my friend was gonna keep you free and clean
Now you were your skin like iron and your breath's 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 and sank into your dreams

Poncho 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
Poncho met his match you know on the deserts down in Mexico
Nobody heard his dying words ah but that's the way it goes
And all the federals say they could've had him any day
We 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 poncho bit down south ended up in lefty's mouth
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The day they laid poor poncho low lefty split for Ohio
Where he got the bread to go, oh, there ain't nobody knows
And all the federals say they could've had him any day
We only let him slip away out of kindness I suppose

Well the poets tell how poncho fell and lefty's living in a cheap hotel
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold and so the story ends we're told
Poncho 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
A few great federal they say it could've had him any day
They only let him go so long out of kindness I suppose
A few great federal they say it could've had him any day
They only let him go so long out of kindness I suppose





Townes Van Zandt
Miscellaneous
Album songs
1.St. John The Gambler
2.Tecumseh Valley*
3.For The Sake Of The Song*
4.Quicksilver Daydreams Of Maria*
5.Waiting Around To Die*
6.FFV (Trad.)
7.The Velvet Voices
8.At My Window*
9.Rex's Blues*
10.No Place To Fall*
11.Loretta*
12.Pueblo Waltz*
13.Buckskin Stallion Blues*
14.Snake Song*
15.When She Don't Need Me*
16.For The Sake Of The Song**
17.Who Do You Love
18.Fraulein
19.Honky Tonkin'
20.Don't Let The Sunshine Fool Ya'
21.Silver Ships Of Andilar
22.Pancho & Lefty
23.Gypsy Friday
24.Colorado Bound
25.Waitin' For The Day
26.Maryetta's Song
27.Black Crow Blues
28.Black Jack Mama
29.When Your Dream Lovers Die
30.Big Country Blues
31.Hunger Child Blues
32.Black Widow Blues
33.Poncho and Lefty (Modify)
34.Waitin' 'Round To Die
35.Nine Pound Hammer
36.Brother Flower (Live)
37.Colorado Girl (Live)
38.Old Shep
39.No Lonesome Tune - 2015 Remaster
40.Fraulein - 2015 Remaster
41.Honky Tonkin' - 2015 Remaster
42.Don't Let the Sunshine Fool Ya' - 2015 Remaster
43.Sad Cinderella - 2015 Remaster
44.Black Crow Blues (live)
45.Marie (live)
46.Waitin' Around To Die - Original Version
47.At My Window (2015 Remastered Version)
48.When She Don't Need Me (2015 Remastered Version)
49.Upon My Soul (2015 Remastered Version)
50.Two Girls (2015 Remastered Version)
51.Loretta (2015 Remastered Version)
52.White Freight Liner Blues (2015 Remastered Version)
53.Buckskin Stallion Blues (2015 Remastered Version)
54.No Place to Fall (2015 Remastered Version)
55.Pueblo Waltz (2015 Remastered Version)
56.Announcement (Live)
57.Lungs (Live)
58.Who Do You Love (Live)
59.Why She's Acting This Way (Live)
60.Poncho & Lefty
61.Lost Highway