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Poncho And Lefty
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Country
Poncho And Lefty was released on June 8, 2010 by U Need Music as a part of the album Country Music Smash Hits
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Release DateJune 8, 2010
LabelU Need Music
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM123

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Great Country Crew
The Great Country Crew
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Townes Van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt
Songwriter

Lyrics

Living on the road, my friend
Was gonna keep you free and clean
Now you wear your skin like iron
And your breath as hard as kerosene
Weren't your mama's only boy
But her favourite one, it seems
She began to cry when you said goodbye
Sank into your dreams
Poncho was a bandit boy
His horse was fast as polished steel
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
All the Federales say
They could've 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
Day they laid poor Poncho low
Lefty split for Ohio
Where he got the bread to go
There ain't nobody knows
All the Federales say
They could've had him any day
"We only let him slip away"
Out of kindness, I suppose
Poets tell how Poncho fell
And Lefty's living 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
Now he's growing old
All the Federales say
"We could've had him any day"
They only let him go so long
Out of kindness, I suppose
A few gray Federales say
They could've had him any day
"We only let him go so long
Out of kindness, I suppose"
Written by: Townes Van Zandt
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