Philadelphia Lawyer

Philadelphia Lawyer - Jan Howard/Hank Locklin/Johnny Horton

Way out in Reno Nevada

Where romance blooms and fades

A great Philadelphia lawyer

Was in love with a Hollywood maid

Come love and we will wander down

Where the lights are bright

I'll win you a divorce from your husband

And we can get married tonight

Wild Bill was a guntotin' cowboy ten notches

Were carved in his gun

And all the boys around Reno

Left Wild Bill's maiden alone

One night when he was returning

From riding the range in the cold

He dreamed of his Hollywood sweetheart

Her love was as lasting as gold

As he drew near her window

A shadow he saw in the shade

It was a great Philadelphia lawyer

Making love to Bill's Hollywood maid

The night was as still as the desert

The moon hanging high overhead

Bill listened awhile to the lawyer

He could hear every word that he said

Your hands are so pretty and lovely

Your form so rare and divine

Come go with me to the city

And leave this wild cowboy behind

Tonight back in old Pennsylvania

Among those beautiful pines

There's one less Philadelphia lawyer

In old Philadelphia tonight