The Mobile Homies - Pancho and Lefty...and a Question??

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Jimmy and JC are at it again, this time with their take on the Townes Van Zandt classic, Pancho and Lefty. This one is a little more slow/sad than the usual good-time fare, but man, what a great song!! This one really showcases the contrast between their two voices.

Listen to the lyrics (see below) and tell us what YOU think, did Lefty just rat Pancho out, or did he actually pull the trigger???

We've always wondered...Enjoy!!

Livin on the road my friend
Was gonna keep us free and clean
Now you wear your skin like iron
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

Pancho was a bandit boys
His horse was fast as polished steel
Wore his gun outside his pants
For all the honest world to feel
Pancho met his match you know
In the desert down in Mexico
No one heard his dying words
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 them 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 ol' 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
They only let him slip away
Out of kindness I suppose

Now poets sing how Pancho fell
Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
So the story ends we're told
Pancho needs your prayers it's true,
But save a few for Lefty too
He just did what he had to do
Now he's growing old

A few gray federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him go so wrong
Out of kindness I suppose

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[jimihumhumnukuapua]

thanks for the support, cool performing band you got

[TheOutlawVideoSS]

DAM!!!!! you all have it going on for sure... Glad for the Friend invite now i have to watch More LOL Keep them coming

[derwoodblues]

Hell yeah!

[littlesis138]

One of my all time favorite songs.

[THEREDNECKPEPI64]

great cover of one of my fav songwriter!

Pepi

[Sting575]

great job excellent work

[thatJCguy]

@zellerauer1 Glad you like my V, and yessir, it is an Ace strap!! Unfortunately, Ace won't get a penny for it, since he was too much of a dumbass to trademark the design when Gene Simmons told him to! Cheers...JC, MH

[zellerauer1]

nice flying v! is that a ace frehley guitar strap?

[CrazyWeatherCult]

great cover

[freeman2545]

great song....