Il testo della Letter to laredo

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...