Pancho And Lefty Song

Pancho and lefty lyrics.
Pancho and lefty song. Pancho and lefty willie nelson and merle haggard pancho and lefty is a folk song written by townes van zandt. Merle haggard with willie nelson pancho and lefty listen to pancho lefty. This is a story song about a mexican bandit named pancho and his friend lefty. In the story it s hinted that lefty betrayed pancho to the federales.
Living on the road my friend was gonna keep you 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. Pancho and lefty is a song written by country music artist townes van zandt. Van zandt first recorded it for his 1972. Often considered his most enduring and well known song van zandt first recorded it for his 1972 album the late great townes van zandt.