Leo and Leona | Butch Hancock & Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Leo and Leona - Written by Butch Hancock
Recorded Live May 11, 2021
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Lyrics:
A little man named Leo headed for Laredo
He left Saltillo on the Day of the Dead
Falling down the hillside, rolling down the roadside
Right by his side rode a lady in red.
He left two pigs named Slander and Libel
She left a pet burro and a snow white dove
He faced the music with a bullet and a Bible
And the testimony of a man in love
He hated church bells and the high-rise hotels
The portfolios of the businessmen
He had a mouthful of bad teeth and his smile was crazy
Childhood polio had settled in his hands
You can change your tune you can change direction
You can change your mind you can change your heart
You can change your feelings and your affections
But the circle of love is a work of art.
They took the back roads up to Terlingua
Spent a stormy night in four adobe walls
He placed a ring there on her finger
Said “I’ll marry you someday when the spirit calls”
She lost that gold ring the next summer at a Juarez bullfight
Screaming Ole! Ole! on the sunny side
But she hid her eyes when the mules dragged the bull away
And Leo held Leona when she cried.
They drove all night down a Texas highway
Saw the sun come up on El Capitan
Leo leaned over and with her ring finger
Drew a perfect circle there in the desert sand.
They kissed each other down in Carlsbad Caverns
When they stopped the tour and turned out the light
You could have heard a pin drop
You could have heard the wind stop
You could have heard her whisper
“Leo, I see the light”
You can change your tune you can change direction
You can change your mind you can change your heart
You can change your feelings and your affections
But the circle of love is a work of art.
Back in Juarez out by the bullring
A little beggar boy sat sifting through the sand
He found a peso and 10cent tacos
Good God! He found Leona’s golden band

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