Merle Haggard - Philadelphia Lawyer lyrics

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(Woody Guthrie)

Bonnie Owens

Way out in Reno Nevada where

Romance blooms and fades

There's a great Philadelphia lawyer

Makin' love to a Hollywood maid

Come love and we will wander

Out where the lights are bright

I'll win you a divorce from your husband

And we can get married tonight.

Wild Bill was a gun-totin' cowboy

Ten notches were carved on his gun

And all the boys around Reno

Left Wild Bill's maiden alone

One night when he was returning

From ridin' the range in the cold

He dreamed of his Hollywood sweetheart

Her love was as lasting as gold.

As he drew near her window

Two shadows he saw on the shade

The great Philadelphia lawyer

Was making love to Bill's Hollywood maid.

(Spoken)

Um uh let's see he the two win the two shades

I forgot the words to it so I'm just talkin'

I'll tell you story about it

And un and we can tell you about Wild Bill went up there

And he saw those two people on the shades you know

And the Philadelphia Lawyer was tellin' 'em

(Sang)

Come love and we will wonder out where the lights are bright.

(Spoken)

Oh I forgot to say what the Philadelphia Lawyer said to Bill's Hollywood maid

Now I'm a little bit nervous

(Sang)

Your hands are so pretty and lovely

Your form so rare and divine

Come go with me to the city

We'll leave this wild cowboy behind

Now back in old Philadelphia

Among the beautiful pines

There's one less Philadelphia lawyer

In old Philadelphia tonight

Thank you very much, thank you...