Living on the road my friend,Is gonna keep you free and cleanNow 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 seemsShe began to cry when you said goodbye,Sank into your dreams.Pancho was a bandit boy,His horse was fast as polished steelWore his gun outside his pantsFor all the honest world to feel.Pancho met his match you knowOn the deserts down in MexicoNobody heard his dying words,Ah but that's the way it goes.All the Federales sayThey could have had him any dayThey only let him hang aroundOut of kindness, I suppose.Lefty, he can't sing the bluesAll night long like he used to.The dust that Pancho bit down southEnded 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 sayThey could have had him any dayThey only let him slip awayNow the poets tell how Pancho fell,And Lefty's living in cheap hotelThe desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold,And so the story ends we're toldPancho needs your prayers it's true,But save a few for Lefty tooHe just did what he had to do,And now he's growing oldAnd a few great Federales sayThey could have had him any dayThey only let him go so wrongOut of kindness, I suppose.A few great Federales sayThey could have had him any dayThey only let him go so wrongOut of kindness, I suppose.
Lyrics by Townes Van Zandt
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