Poncho And Lefty-Country Party Band

[ti:Poncho And Lefty] [ar:Country Party Band] [al:Classic Country Music Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.71]Poncho And Lefty - Country Party Band [00:02.98] [00:24.33]Living on the road my friend [00:26.98] [00:28.06]Was gonna keep you free and clean [00:30.76] [00:31.71]And were your skin like iron [00:34.53] [00:35.12]And your breath's as hard as kerosene [00:38.20] [00:39.39]You weren't your mama's only boy [00:42.25] [00:42.86]But her favorite one it seems [00:45.67] [00:46.72]She began to cry when you said goodbye [00:51.86] [00:54.21]And sank into your dreams [00:56.66] [00:59.99]Poncho was a bandit boy his horse [01:04.22]Was fast as polished steel [01:06.53] [01:07.66]He wore his gun outside his pants for [01:11.68]All the honest world to feel [01:14.27] [01:15.38]Well poncho met his match you know [01:18.68]On the deserts down in Mexico [01:21.91] [01:22.96]Nobody heard his dying words [01:26.94] [01:29.08]Ah but that's the way it goes [01:32.58] [01:35.72]All the federals say they could've had him any day [01:42.45] [01:43.22]We only let him slip away out of kindness I suppose [01:52.32] [01:56.04]Lefty he can't sing the blues [01:58.87] [01:59.65]All night long like he used to [02:02.75] [02:03.52]The dust that poncho bit down [02:05.78]South ended up in lefty's mouth [02:10.53] [02:11.46]The day they laid poor poncho low [02:14.31] [02:15.14]Lefty split for Ohio [02:18.10] [02:18.98]Where he got the bread to go [02:23.29] [02:25.51]There ain't nobody knows [02:28.20] [02:29.34]All the federals say they could've many day [02:38.43] [02:39.42]We only let him slip away [02:43.61] [02:45.39]Out of kindness I suppose [02:48.42] [03:18.15]The poets tell how poncho fell [03:21.24] [03:21.82]And lefty's living in a cheap hotel [03:25.03] [03:25.74]The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold [03:29.10] [03:29.67]And so the story ends we're told [03:32.84] [03:33.67]Poncho needs your prayers it's true [03:36.62] [03:37.41]But save a few for lefty too [03:40.36] [03:41.18]He only did what he had to do [03:45.55] [03:48.29]And now he's growing old [03:50.88] [03:54.13]All the federals say [03:57.05] [03:57.71]They could've had him any day [04:00.99] [04:01.60]We only let him go so long [04:05.54] [04:07.68]Out of kindness I suppose [04:10.68] [04:14.21]A few great federals say [04:17.38] [04:17.91]Could've had him any day [04:21.36] [04:21.96]We only let him go so long [04:26.68] [04:28.02]Out of kindness I suppose