La canción Pancho and Lefty es una balada escrita por Townes Van Zandt, una de sus obras más famosas y ampliamente versionada por diversos artistas. La canción cuenta la historia ficticia de dos amigos, Pancho y Lefty. Pancho es un bandido mexicano que termina siendo traicionado y asesinado, mientras que Lefty, el amigo que lo traicionó, vive con la culpa y el remordimiento por el resto de su vida. La historia refleja temas de traición, pérdida y ... Ver más [+] las consecuencias irreversibles de nuestras elecciones.
Livin' on the road, my friend Was gonna keep you free and clean And now you wear your skin like iron And your breath's as hard as kerosene 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 Well, 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 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 We 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 And 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 Out 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