Philadelphia Lawyer (Album Version)

Philadelphia Lawyer - Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Way out in Reno Nevada

Where the romances bloom and they fade

He a great Philadelphia

Lawyer in love with a Hollywood maid

Come love and we will wander down

Where the lights are so bright

I'll win you the divorce from your husband

And we can get married tonight

Now Bill was a gun-toting cowboy

With ten notches carved on his gun

And all the boys around Reno

Left Wild Bill's darling alone

One night as Bill was returning

From riding the range in the cold

He thought of his Hollywood darling

With her love as lasting as gold

As Bill drew near to her window two shadows

He saw on the shade

It was the great Philadelphia lawyer

Making love to his Hollywood maid

The night was as still as the desert

And the moon hanging high overhead

Bill listened awhile in her window

He could hear every word that they said

Your hands is so pretty and lovely

And your form so rare and divine

Come and go with me to Philadelphia

And leave this wild cowboy behind

Well tonight back in old Pennsylvania

Among the beautiful pines

There's one less Philadelphia lawyer

In old Philadelphia tonight