| Lyrics: | THE PHILADELPHIA LAWYER
Way out in Reno, Nevada,
Where romances bloom and
fade,
There was a Philadelphia lawyer
Makin' love to a Hollywood maid.
Come
love, and we will wander
Out where the lights are so bright.
I'll win you a divorce from
your husband,
And we can get married tonight.
Now Bill was a gun-totin'
cowboy,
Six notches was carved on his gun;
And all of the boys around Reno
Left
Bill's Hollywood darling alone.
One night when Bill was returning
From riding the
range in the cold,
He thought of his Hollywood darling ---
Her love was as lasting as
gold.
As Bill drew near to her window,
Two shadows he saw on the shade:
It was
the great Philadelphia lawyer
Makin' love to Bill's Hollywood maid.
The night was as
still as the desert,
The moon hanging high overhead,
Bill listened awhile at the
window,
He could hear every word that was said.
"Your face is so pretty and
lovely,
Your form so fair and divine!
Come, go back with me to Philadelphia
And leave
this wild cowboy behind."
Now way back in old Pennsylvania,
The lights are still
shining as bright,
But there's one less Philadelphia lawyer
In old Philadelphia
tonight.
Recorded by Guthrie and Huston
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