Pancho and Lefty – Townes Van Zandt:歌詞及意思
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Pancho and Lefty (1972) – Townes Van Zandt
Lefty, he can’t sing the blues
Pancho and Lefty (1972) – Townes Van Zandt
All night long like he used to
The dust that Pancho bit down south
Ended up in Lefty’s mouth
歌曲 Pancho and Lefty,由美國歌手 Townes Van Zandt 在1972年唱出。歌曲長達3分40秒,類型屬於Country 鄉村,填詞作曲都是由 Townes Van Zandt,歌曲被收錄於專輯《The Late Great Townes Van Zand》。在2021年,歌曲被《滾石》雜誌列入500首最佳歌曲之一。
歌詞方面
填詞作曲都是由 Townes Van Zandt
Living on the road my friend
Was gonna keep you free and clean
And now you wear your skin like iron
And your breath as hard as kerosene
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 boy
His horse was fast as polished steel
He wore his gun outside his pants
For all the honest world to feel
Pancho 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 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 the 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 poor 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
We only let him slip away
Out of kindness, I suppose
The poets tell how Pancho fell
And Lefty’s living in cheap hotels
The desert’s quiet, Cleveland’s cold
And so the story ends we’re told
Pancho 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 Federales say
We could have had him any day
We only let him go so long
Out of kindness, I suppose
A few gray Federales say
We could have had him any day
We only let him go so long
Out of kindness, I suppose