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

@work @courtship @death

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