Sank into your dreams
"We could have had him any day"
But that's the way it goes
The dust that Pancho bit down south
On the deserts down in Mexico
They only let him go so long
The poets tell how Pancho fell
All the federales say
Out of kindness, I suppose
"Could have had him any day"
Pancho needs your prayers, it's true
Pancho was a bandit, boy
He only did what he had to do
Lefty he can't sing the blues
His horse was fast as polished steel
Pancho met his match, you know
"They could have had him any day"
Out of kindness, I suppose
We only let him slip away
All the federales say
And so the story ends, we're told
But her favorite one, it seems
"They could have had him any day"
He wore his gun outside his pants
There ain't nobody knows
A few old gray federales say
The day they laid poor Pancho low
And your breath as hard as kerosene
But save a few for lefty, too
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
And now he's growin' old
Where he got the bread to go
And lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
Weren't you mama's only boy
Lefty split for Ohio
She began to cry when you said, "Goodbye"
We only let him go so long
Out of kindness, I suppose
They only let him slip away
And now you wear your skin like iron
For all the honest world to feel
All night long like he used to
All the federales say
Nobody heard his dyin' words
Ended up in lefty's mouth
