Philadelphia Lawyer

Philadelphia Lawyer - Tennessee Ernie Ford

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

And where the lights are bright

I'll win you a divorce from your husband

And we can get married tonight

Now Bill was a gun-totin' cowboy

Ten notches were carved in his gun

And all the boys around Reno

Left Wild Bill's maiden alone

One night when Bill 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

A shadow he saw on the shade

Was the great Philadelphia lawyer

Makin' love to Bill's Hollywood maid

The night was as still as the desert

The moon was bringter overhead

Bill listened awhile through the lawyer

He could hear every word that he said

"Your hands are so pretty and lovely

Your form's so rare and divine

Come go with me to the city

And leave this wild cowboy behind"

Now back in old Pennsylvania

Among those beautiful pines

There's one less Philadelphia lawyer

In old Philadelphia tonight

There's one less Philadelphia lawyer

In old Philadelphia tonight