The Ballad of Pancho and Lefty

A sad song, all around; perhaps especially in its embrace of betrayal of friendship to power and wealth.


They're right: Lefty needs your prayers, far more than Pancho Villa, who was not merely a bandit as according to the American understanding. He was a constitutionalist, even; for a while.
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2 comments:

  1. Texan9912:09 PM

    I usually adore Willie Nelson, but for this song nothing will do but the original TVZ: https://youtu.be/gUOFhC2P5zM

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  2. Grim7:47 PM

    I didn't realize he did the original, but it makes sense. It's poetically not very much like Willie Nelson; it always seemed strange in his voice in a way I didn't quite know how to describe.

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