[00:00.000] 作词 : Townes Van Zandt[00:01.000] 作曲 : Townes Van Zandt[00:23.926]Living on the road, my friend[00:27.632]Was gonna keep you free and clean[00:31.543]And now you wear your skin like iron[00:35.538]And your breath is hard as kerosene[00:39.823]Weren't you mama's only boy[00:43.056]But her favorite one, it seemed[00:47.613]She began to cry when you said goodbye[00:55.029]And sank into your dreams[01:00.901]Pancho was a bandit, boys[01:04.603]His horse was fast as polished steel[01:08.549]He wore his gun outside his pants[01:12.431]For all the honest world to feel[01:16.391]Well, Pancho met his match, you know[01:19.825]On the deserts down in Mexico[01:24.178]Nobody heard his dying words[01:30.978]Ah, but that's the way it goes[01:37.161]All the federales say[01:40.833]They could have had him any day[01:44.773]They only let him slip away[01:50.905]Out of kindness, I suppose[01:57.660]Lefty, he can't sing the blues[02:01.163]All night long like he used to[02:05.331]The dust that Pancho bit down south[02:09.426]Ended up in Lefty's mouth[02:13.120]The day they laid poor Pancho low[02:17.037]Lefty split for Ohio[02:21.173]Where he got the bread to go[02:27.743]There ain't nobody knows[02:33.921]All the federales say[02:37.516]They could have had him any day[02:41.464]"We only let him slip away[02:47.570]Out of kindness, I suppose"[03:20.291]The poets tell how Pancho fell[03:24.133]And Lefty's living in a cheap hotel[03:28.036]The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold[03:31.835]And so the story ends, we're told[03:35.927]Pancho needs your prayers, it's true[03:39.642]But save a few for Lefty too[03:43.537]He only did what he had to do[03:50.296]And now he's growing old[03:56.427]All the federales say[04:00.053]"We could have had him any day[04:03.963]We only let him go so long[04:10.038]Out of kindness, I suppose"[04:16.611]A few gray federales say[04:20.676]"Could have had him any day[04:24.359]We only let him go so long[04:30.440]Out of kindness, I suppose"