Poncho & Lefty-Townes Van Zandt

[ti:Poncho & Lefty] [ar:Townes Van Zandt] [al:High, Low And In Between] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Poncho & Lefty - Townes Van Zandt [00:08.68]Living on the road my friend [00:11.00] [00:12.14]Was gonna keep you free and clean [00:14.63] [00:15.91]Now you wear your skin like iron [00:18.24] [00:18.96]Your breath's as hard as kerosene [00:21.58] [00:23.03]You weren't your momma's only boy [00:25.36] [00:26.06]But her favorite one it seems [00:28.11] [00:29.42]She began to cry when you said goodbye [00:32.62] [00:36.16]And sank into your dreams [00:38.22] [00:41.91]Poncho was a bandit boys [00:44.42] [00:45.51]His horse was fast as polished steel [00:48.16] [00:49.29]Wore his gun outside his pants [00:51.62] [00:52.40]For all the honest world to feel [00:55.40] [00:56.45]Poncho met his match you know [00:58.95] [00:59.62]On the deserts down in Mexico [01:02.07] [01:03.34]Nobody heard his dying words [01:06.34] [01:09.58]That's the way it goes [01:11.47] [01:15.32]All the federales say [01:17.77] [01:19.05]They could have had him any day [01:21.57] [01:22.59]They only let him hang around [01:25.19] [01:28.04]Out of kindness I suppose [01:30.33] [01:34.34]Lefty he can't sing the blues [01:36.77] [01:37.91]All night long like he used to [01:40.33] [01:41.55]The dust that Poncho bit down south [01:44.03] [01:45.05]Ended up in lefty's mouth [01:47.64] [01:48.79]The day they laid poor Poncho low [01:51.13] [01:52.36]Lefty split for Ohio [01:54.30] [01:55.98]Where he got the bread to go [01:58.45] [02:01.63]There ain't nobody knows [02:03.48] [02:07.62]All the federales say [02:10.02] [02:11.26]They could have had him any day [02:13.84] [02:14.81]Only let him slip away [02:17.11] [02:20.40]Out of kindness I suppose [02:22.52] [02:26.06]The poets tell how Poncho fell [02:28.95] [02:30.13]Lefty's living in a cheap hotel [02:32.34] [02:33.68]The desert's quiet [02:35.11]Cleveland's cold [02:36.15] [02:37.25]So the story ends we're told [02:39.66] [02:40.99]Poncho needs your prayers it's true [02:43.50] [02:44.48]But save a few for lefty too [02:46.84] [02:47.99]He just did what he had to do [02:50.58] [02:54.10]Now he's growing old [02:55.96] [02:59.55]A few gray federales say [03:02.24] [03:03.31]They could have had him any day [03:05.79] [03:06.97]Only let him go so wrong [03:09.41] [03:12.46]Out of kindness I suppose [03:14.62] [03:18.14]A few gray federales say [03:21.11] [03:22.24]They could have had him any day [03:24.75] [03:25.79]They only let him go so wrong [03:28.66] [03:31.39]Out of kindness I suppose