Emmylou Harris "Spanish Johnny feat. Waylon Jennings" |
(Paul Siebel) EmmyLou Harris & Waylon Jennings Those other years, the dusty years we drove the big herse through I tried to forget the miles we rode and Spanish Johnny too He'd sit beside a water ditch when all this herd was in And he'd never harm a child but sing to his mandolin. The old talk, the old ways, and the dealin' of our game But Spanish Johnny never spoke, but sing a song of Spain And his talk with men was vicious talk when he was drunk on gin Ah, but those were golden things he said to his mandolin. --- Instrumental --- We had to stand, we tried to judge, we had to stop him then For the hand so gentle to a child had killed so many men He died a hard death long ago before the road come in And the night before he swung he sung to his mandolin. Well, we carried him out in the mornin' sun, a man that done no good And we lowered him down in the cold clay, stuck in a cross of wood And a letter we wrote to his kinfolk to tell them where he'd been And we shipped it out to Mexico, along with his mandolin... --- Instrumental to fade --- Lyric from www.lyricmania.com |