Link: [Willie Nelson] & [Merle Haggard]
Link: [On YouTube]
Pancho and Lefty
Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard
Livin’ on the road
my friend
Was gonna keep you
free and clean
Now you wear your
skin like iron
And your breath’s
as hard as kerosene
You 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
Pancho 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
Pancho met his
match you know
On the deserts down
in Mexico
Nobody heard his
dyin’ words
Oh that’s the way
it goes
All the Federales
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
Pancho bit down south
Ended up in Lefty’s
mouth
The day they laid
poor Pancho low
Lefty split for
Ohio
Where he got the
bread to go
There ain’t nobody
knows
All the Federales
say
They could have had
him any day
They only let him
slip away
Out of kindness I
suppose
The poets tell how
Pancho fell
And Lefty’s livin’
in a cheap hotel
The desert’s quiet
and Cleveland’s cold
So the story ends
we’re told
Pancho needs your
prayers it’s true
But save a few for
Lefty too
He only did what he
had to do
And now he’s growin’
old
All the Federales
say
They could have had
him any day
They only let him
go so long
Our of kindness I
suppose
A few gray
Federales say
They could have had
him any day
They only let him
go so long
Out of kindness I
suppose
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ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Adullamite!!! THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER RECORDED!
ReplyDeleteWillie and Merle - one of the best combos. Thanks for the reminder!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Fisher!!! I am really glad you enjoyed this. It is one of my all-time favorite songs.
ReplyDeleteRead the lyrics and can't remember if I've ever heard this song before or not.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely LOVE country music and I love old Willie!
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Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Ann!!! I do believe that you will be very glad to have listened to this song (again?) after you are able to do so.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Sandie!!! It really doesn't get much better.
ReplyDeleteNo it IS NOT!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Adullamite!!! Oh my, I had no idea that haggis withdrawal could be so severe.
ReplyDeleteFish, you might like this podcast on a song by Willie/Merle:
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Lavender!!! Yes, that was indeed very interesting, and I have added "Moore to the Point" to the list for a future Sites To See. Thank you!
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