Pancho and Lefty by viking cowboy

Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson cover by viking cowboy -------------------------LYRICS-------------------------- “Pancho And Lefty“ (originally by Townes Van Zandt) Livin on the road my friend, is gonna keep you free and clean Now you wear your skin like iron Your breath as hard as kerosene You weren’t your momma’s only boy, but her favorite one it seemed She began to cry when you said goodbye And sank into your dreams Pancho 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 Pancho met his match, you know, on the deserts down in Mexico Nobody heard his dyin words, ah 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 Pancho bit down south ended up in Lefty’s mouth The day the
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