Letter To Laredo Lyrics - Ely Joe

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...