Letter To Laredo Lyrics - Joe Ely

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