Pancho And Lefty

[Verse 1] [Willie:] Living on the road my friend, is going to keep you free and clean Now you were your skin like iron, your breath as hard as kerosene 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 boys 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, oh, but that's the way it goes [Chorus] All the Federalist say We would've had him any day We only let him slip away Out of kindness I suppose [Verse 2] 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 Day they laid poor Poncho low, Lefty split for Ohio Where he got the bread to go, ain't nobody knows [Chorus] [Verse 3] [Merle:] The poets tell how Poncho fell, and Lefty's living in a cheap hotel The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold, so the story ends we're told Poncho needs your prayers, it's true, but save a few for Lefty, too He only did what he had to do,now, he's growing old [Chorus]