As I was riding across the Mississippi
I stopped there and I cried.
No use for a man to keep a mighty river
All damned up inside.
I jumped bail from the Sweetwater County
Take this Letter to Laredo
To the one I love
Tell her to stay low,
'neath the clouds above
Her love's my only alibi
It's for her love I lied
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Why did Frankie have to pull that trigger
Take this Letter to Laredo
To the one I love
Tell her to stay low,
'neath the clouds above
Her love's my only alibi
It's for her love I lied
Yeah, yeeaaahhh