Pancho And Lefty Lyrics

The song Pancho And Lefty is performed by Willie Nelson in the album named Essential 3.0 Willie Nelson in the year 2009 .



Livin' on the road my friend
Is gonna keep you free and clean
And now you wear your skin like iron
And your breath is hard as kerosene

Weren't you mamma's only boy?
Her favorite one it seems
She began to cry when you said
Good-bye, sank to your dream

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 dyin' word
Oh but that's the way it goes

All the Federales, they say
They could have had him any day
They only let him slip away
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

The day they lay poor Poncho low
Lefty split for Ohio
Where he got the bread to go
There ain't nobody knows

All the Federales they say
We could have had him any day
We only let him slip away
Out of kindness I suppose

The poets tell how Poncho fell
And Lefty's livin' in cheap hotels
The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold
And so the story ends we're told

Poncho needs your prayers, it's true
Save a few for Lefty too
He only did what he had to do
And now he's growin' old

All the Federales, they say
We could have had him any day
They only let him go so long
Out of kindness I suppose

A few gray Federales, they say
Could have had him any day
We only let him go so long
Out of kindness I suppose



Willie Nelson - Essential 3.0 Willie Nelson

Aug 2009

  1. Night Life
  2. Hello Walls
  3. Crazy
  4. Funny How Time Slips Away
  5. I Never Cared For You
  6. The Party's Over
  7. Good Times
  8. Me And Paul
  9. Shotgun Willie
  10. Bloody Mary Morning
  11. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
  12. Good Hearted Woman
  13. If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time
  14. Uncloudy Day
  15. Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (Remastered For Buddha - October 30, 2000)
  16. Georgia On My Mind
  17. Blue Skies
  18. All Of Me
  19. Heartbreak Hotel (With Leon Russell)
  20. Help Me Make It Through The Night
  21. Whiskey River (Live)
  22. Stay A Little Longer (Live)
  23. My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
  24. Faded Love
  25. On The Road Again
  26. Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground
  27. Always On My Mind
  28. Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning
  29. Pancho And Lefty
  30. To All The Girls I've Loved Before
  31. City Of New Orleans
  32. Seven Spanish Angels (With Ray Charles)
  33. Forgiving You Was Easy
  34. Highwayman Johnny Cash
  35. Living In The Promiseland
  36. Nothing I Can Do About It Now
  37. Graceland
  38. Everywhere I Go (With Emmylou Harris)
  39. Slow Dancing (U2 Featuring Willie Nelson - Mickey Rapael On Harmonica)
  40. Mendocino County Line (With Lee Ann Womack)
  41. One Time Too Many (With Steven Tyler And Aerosmith)(Previously Unreleased)
  42. Remember Me
  43. I Love You A Thousand Ways
  44. Love Me Tender
  45. Midnight Rider
  46. Philadelphia Lawyer
  47. Why Do I Have To Choose
  48. Let It Be Me
  49. Still Is Still Moving To Me

Pancho And Lefty