Geeze you guys!.

"What he had to do" was get the hell out of Mexico, to get back to his own culture, where he was still a loser! The dust is a fucking METAPHOR. Pancho bit the dust. Lefty had to live with the guilt. The reason they let Lefty go was not out of kindness -- that's ramapnat sarcasm -- it is because they had them a paid informer. That's where Lewfty got the bread to go... oh, fuggit...I MUST have something better to do.

The first verse is about Lefty splitting from home (Cleveeand, Cincinnatti, alla same me!). It introduces the character. Then another character gets introduced. Then ... oh, never mind. The song is as plain as the nose on your face. You guys pursuing college degrees or somp'n, trying to make everything other than it is and complicate the universe? Tell ya what -- get a day job, you'll be much happier!

A.