Ely Joe Letter To Laredo Lyrics

Letter To Laredo Lyrics

As I was rolling across the Mississippi



I stopped there and I cried



No use for a man to keep a mighty river



All dammed up inside







I jumped bail from the Sweetwater County



Now I'm on the run



On my head is a five number bounty



For a crime I never done







Take this letter to Laredo



To the one I love



Tell her to stay low



Beneath the stars above



Her love is my only alibi



It's for her love I lied



Yeah, yeah, yeah











"Why did Frankie have to pull that trigger?



Why did you have to hide?



The sheriff still thinks I was standing with her



It's for your love I lied."







"Love will make a free man a prisioner



Will make an honest man lie



Love can be tough, love can be tender



It's my only alibi"







Take this Letter to Laredo



To the one I love



Tell her to stay low



Beneath the stars above



Her love is my only alibi



It's for her love I lied...



Yeah, yeah, yeah...