As I was riding across the Mississippi stopped there and I cried
No use for a man to keep a mighty river all dammed up inside
I jumped bail from the Sweet water 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 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?
Sheriff still thinks I was standing with her, it's for her love I lied
Love will make a free man a prisoner, make an honest man lie
Love can be tough, love can be tender, it's my only alibi
Take this letter to Laredo, to 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
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
Take this letter to Laredo
Tell her to stay low
Her love is my only alibi
It's for her love I lied
Yeah, yeah
Take this letter to Laredo
Hey, hey, hey, hey
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- B4 84
- Satisfied At Last
- Honky Tonk Masquerade
- Miscellaneous
- Streets Of Sin
- Musta Notta Gotta Lotta
- Lord Of The Highway
- Live At Liberty Lunch
- The Best Of Joe Ely 20th Century Masters The Millennium...
- Live Chicago 1987
- Live Shots
- Settle for Love
- Lord of the Highway & Dig All Night
- The Definitive Collection
- The Best Of Joe Ely
- Dig All Night
- Oxford American Southern Music Issue 2014
- 93.3 KGSR Broadcasts, Volume 18
- Texans Live from Mountain Stage