Karaoke Pancho and Lefty

Livin' on the road my friend is gonna keep you free and clean
Now you wear your skin like iron your breath as hard as kerosene
You weren't your momma's only boy but her favorite one it seems
She began to cry when you said goodbye
And 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
Pancho met his match you know on the deserts down in Mexico
Nobody heard his dyin' words but that's the way it goes
And all the Federales say could've had him any day
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
The day they laid poor Pancho low
Lefty split for Ohio
Where he got the bread to go there ain't nobody knows
And all the Federales say they could've had him any day
Only let him slip away out of kindness I suppose
So the boys tell how Pancho fell and Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotels
The desert's quiet
Cleveland's cold
And so the story ends we're told
Pancho needs your prayers it's true save a few for Lefty too
He just do what he had to do and now he's growing old
And a few grey Federales say they could've had him any day
Only let him go so long out of kindness I suppose
And a few grey Federales say could've had him any day
Only let him go so long out of kindness I suppose

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