Saturday, June 14, 2008

Saturday Quiz - Name That Tune

Livin' on the road my friend, is gonna keep you free and cleanAnd now you wear your skin like iron, and your breath is hard as keroseneWeren't you mamma's only boy-oy, her favourite one it seemsShe began to cry when you said, good-bye, sank to your dream
Poncho was a bandit boy, his horse was fast as polished steelHe wore his gun outside his pants, for all the honest world to feelPoncho met his match, you know, on the deserts down in MexicoNobody heard his dyin' word, but that's the way it goes
All the Federales, they sayThey could have had him any dayThey only let him slip a-awayOut of kindness I suppose
Lefty he can't sing the blues, all night long like he used to The dust that Poncho bit down south, ended up in Lefty's mouthThe day they lay poor Poncho low, Lefty split for OhioWhere he got the bread to go, there ain't nobody knows
All the Federales they say-ayWe could have had him any dayWe only let him slip a-awayOut of kindness I suppose
The poets tell how Poncho fe-ell, and Lefty's livin' in cheap hote-elsThe desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold, and so the story ends we're toldPoncho needs your prayers, it's true, save a few for Lefty tooHe only did what he had to do, and now he's growin' old
All the Federales, they sayWe could have had him any dayThey only let him go so-o longOut of kindness I suppose
A few grey Federales, they say-ay-ayWe could have had him any dayWe only let him go so-o longOut of kindness I suppose



Winner gets one free item from the Institute.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

willie nelson

Listonian Institute said...

Willie Nelson did sing this song but he did not write it. The song title is Ponch and Lefty and it was written by Townes Van Zandt.

Thanks for playing.

DS Borror said...

Is the one free item an extra goose?

Listonian Institute said...

No the prize was shown here:

http://listonian-institute.blogspot.com/2008/06/wtf.html

Anonymous said...

One of our favorite songs!
Sonny and the Listons