The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #6370 Message #2234408
Posted By: Amos
11-Jan-08 - 08:44 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Pancho and Lefty (Townes Van Zandt)
Subject: RE: The Ballad of Pancho and Lefty
It's been running in its original form through my damn head for three days now, Spaw.
Way down at the Dairy Queen, Ole Dick Pomfret's acting mean, Trying to make the young girls cry Between their milkshakes and their fries. Now Dick he likes to act real tough Until some young thing screams "Enough!" But he was bound to meet his match When Rhonda came to town.
Now, Rhonda was a high-school dream, A green-eyed svelte cheer-leading queen The kind that ends up getting drunk And screwing half the football team But Rhonda always got her way, She had two black belts in Karatay, And had a trust fund just to pay For when the chips were down.
The Dairy Queen was lit up bright Late one August Friday night And Dick rode up the strip in town The music up, and the top turned down, He cruised a Rocket 88, He drove just to impress his dates An' he spotted Rhonda sittin' there Drinkin' a root beer down
All the jocks on the second string Say he coulda dipped his thing He only let her get away Out of manners, I suppose
Dick pulled right up and raised his shades, Thinking about gettin' laid, Young Rhonda looked within the law, And man, did he like what he saw! But Dick, he made his moves too fast, The line he used would be his last. He ended up in his '88 Comin' to in Shanty Town.
All the jocks from the second string Swear he could have dipped his thing, An; he only let her slip away, Out of manners, I suppose....
There's something naturally compelling about the rhythm TVZ discovered for his story. It just keeps rolling and rolling! :D