Letter To Laredo

As I was riding across the Mississippi stopped there and I cried No use for a man to keep a mighty river all dammed up inside I jumped bail from the Sweet water County, now I'm on the run On my head is a five number bounty, for a crime I never done Take this letter to Laredo, to one I love Tell her to stay low, beneath the stars above Her love is my only alibi, it's for her love I lied Yeah, yeah, yeah Why did Frankie have to pull that trigger? Why did you have to hide? Sheriff still thinks I was standing with her, it's for her love I lied Love will make a free man a prisoner, make an honest man lie Love can be tough, love can be tender, it's my only alibi Take this letter to Laredo, to one I love Tell her to stay low, beneath the stars above Her love is my only alibi, it's for her love I lied Yeah, yeah, yeah Take this letter to Laredo, to the one I love Tell her to stay low beneath the stars above Her love is my only alibi, it's for her love I lied Yeah, yeah Take this letter to Laredo Tell her to stay low Her love is my only alibi It's for her love I lied Yeah, yeah Take this letter to Laredo Hey, hey, hey, hey