Poncho and Lefty

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Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson (pronounced /wɪli nɛlsən /; born April 30, 1933) is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed at the end of the 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana. more »

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2002

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Living on the road my friend was gonna keep you free and clean
And now you were your skin like iron and your breath's as hard as kerosene
You 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

Poncho was a bandit boy his horse was fast as polished steel
He wore his gun outside his pants for all the honest world to feel
Well poncho met his match you know on the deserts down in Mexico
Nobody heard his dying words ah but that's the way it goes

All the federals say they could've had him any day
We only let him slip away out of kindness I suppose

Lefty he can't sing the blues all night long like he used to
Well the dust that poncho bit down south ended up in lefty's mouth
The day they laid poor poncho low lefty split for Ohio
Where he got the bread to go there ain't nobody knows

All the federals say they could've had him any day
We only let him slip away out of kindness I suppose

The poets tell how poncho fell and lefty's living in a cheap hotel
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold and so the story ends we're told
Poncho 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 growing old

All the federals say they could've had him any day
We only let him go so long out of kindness I suppose
A few great federals say could've had him any day
We only let him go so long out of kindness I suppose

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