Livin' on the road my friend Livin' on the road my friend Viver na estrada, meu amigo Was gonna keep you free and clean Was gonna keep you free and clean Te manteve livre e limpo Now you wear skin like iron Now you wear skin like iron Agora você veste peles como se fossem aço And your breath's as hard as kerosene And your breath's as hard as kerosene E seu hálito é forte como querosene You weren't your mama's only boy You weren't your mama's only boy Você não foi o único filhinho de sua mamãe But her favorite one it seems But her favorite one it seems Mas o seu favorito, pelo que parece She began to cry when you said goodbye She began to cry when you said goodbye Ela começou a chorar quando você disse adeus And sank into your dreams And sank into your dreams E mergulhou em seus sonhos Pancho was a bandit, boys Pancho was a bandit, boys Pancho era um bandido, garotos His horse was fast as polished steel His horse was fast as polished steel O cavalo dele era rápido como aço polido Wore his gun outside his pants Wore his gun outside his pants Ele guardava a arma bem no coldre For all the honest world to feel For all the honest world to feel Para todo o mundo honesto sentir Well, Pancho met his match you know Well, Pancho met his match you know Bem, Pancho conheceu seu destino, sabe On the deserts down in Mexico On the deserts down in Mexico Nos desertos lá no México And nobody heard his dyin' words And nobody heard his dyin' words E ninguém ouviu suas últimas palavras Ah but that's the way it goes Ah but that's the way it goes Mas é o jeito que a vida é All the Federales say All the Federales say Todos os Federais diziam Could of had him any day Could of had him any day Que pegariam ele quando quisessem Only let him any day Only let him any day Só deixavam ele Hang around Hang around Vagabundear por aí Out of kindness I suppose Out of kindness I suppose Por bondade, eu suponho Lefty, he can't sing the blues Lefty, he can't sing the blues Lefty não consegue mais cantar os Blues All night long like he used to All night long like he used to A noite inteira como costumava The dust that Pancho bit down south The dust that Pancho bit down south O destino que Pancho encontrou pelo Sul Ended up in Lefty's mouth Ended up in Lefty's mouth Terminou nas mãos dele The day they laid poor Pancho low The day they laid poor Pancho low O dia que ele deitou o pobre corpo de Pancho no chão Lefty split for Ohio Lefty split for Ohio Lefty foi para Ohio Where he got the bread to gop Where he got the bread to gop Onde conseguiu o pão para comer There ain't nobody knows There ain't nobody knows E onde ninguém o acharia Well, the poets tell how Pancho fell Well, the poets tell how Pancho fell Bem, os poetas escrevem sobre a vida de Pancho And Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel And Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel E Lefty está vivendo em um hotel barato The dessert's quiet and Cleveland's cold The dessert's quiet and Cleveland's cold A sobremesa é tranquila e Cleveland é fresco So the story end's, we're told So the story end's, we're told Então a história termina por aí, até onde se sabe Pancho needs your prayer's it's true Pancho needs your prayer's it's true Pancho precisa das nossas orações, é verdade But save a few for Lefty too But save a few for Lefty too Mas salve algumas delas para Lefty também He just did what he had to do He just did what he had to do Ele só fez o que tinha que fazer And now he's growin' old And now he's growin' old E agora está ficando mais e mais velho A few gray Federales say A few gray Federales say Alguns federais dizem Could have had him any day Could have had him any day Que poderiam pegar ele quando quisessem Only let him go so long Only let him go so long E só deixam ele ir Out of kindness I suppose Out of kindness I suppose Por bondade, eu suponho