(Original by Townes Van Zandt)Livin' on the road, my friendWas gonna keep you free and cleanBut now you wear your skin like ironAnd your breath as hard as keroseneYou weren't your mama's only boyBut her favorite one, it seemsShe began to cry when you said goodbyeAnd sank into your dreamsPancho was a bandit, boysHis horse as fast as polished steelHe wore his gun outside his pantsFor all the honest world to feelPancho met his match, you knowOn the deserts down in MexicoNo one heard his dyin' wordsAh, but that's the way it goesAll the federales sayThey could have had him any dayThey only let him slip awayOut of kindness, I supposeLefty he can't sing the bluesAll night long like he used toThe dust that Pancho bit down southEnded up in Lefty's mouthThe day they laid poor Pancho lowLefty split for OhioWhere he got the bread to goThere ain't nobody 'knowsAll the federales sayThey could have had him any dayWe only let him slip awayOut of kindness, I supposeThe poets tell how Pancho fellAnd Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotelThe desert's quiet and Cleveland's coldAnd so the story ends, we're toldPancho needs your prayers, it's trueBut save a few for Lefty, tooHe only did what he had to doAnd now he's growin' oldAll the federales sayWe could have had him any dayThey only let him go so longOut of kindness, I supposeA few old gray federales still sayWe could have had him any dayWe only let him go so longOut of kindness, I suppose
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