Intro
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Verse 1
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Way out in Reno, Nevada,
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Where romance blooms and fades,
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A great Philadelphia lawyer
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Was in love with a Hollywood maid.
Verse 2
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Come love, and we will wander
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Down where the lights are bright;
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I'll win you a divorce from your husband
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And we can get married tonight.
Verse 3
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Wild Bill was a gun-totin' cowboy,
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Ten notches were carved in his gun;
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All the boys around Reno
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Left Wild Bill's maiden alone.
Interlude
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Verse 4
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One night when he was returning
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From ridin' the range in the cold,
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He dreamed of his Hollywood sweetheart
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Her love was as lasting as gold.
Verse 5
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As he drew near her window
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A shadow he saw on the shade;
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Was the great Philadelphia lawyer
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Making love to Bill's Hollywood maid?
Verse 6
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The night was as still as the desert
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The moon hangin' high overhead
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Bill listened a while to the lawyer
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He could hear every word that he said
Verse 7
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Your hands are so pretty and lovely,
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Your form so rare and divine;
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Come go with me to the city
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And leave this wild cowboy behind.
Verse 8
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Tonight back in old Pennsylvania,
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Among the beautiful pines
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There's one less Philadelphia lawyer
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In old Philadelphia tonight
