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.
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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."
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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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An' all the boys around Reno,
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Left Wild Bill's maiden alone.
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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.
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As he grew near her window,
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A shadow he saw on the shade;
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'Twas the great Philadelphia lawyer,
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Makin' love to Bill's Hollywood maid.
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The night was as still as the desert,
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And the moon hangin' high overhead.
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Bill listened a while to the lawyer:
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He could hear ev'ry word that they said:
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"Your hands are so pretty and lovely,
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"Your form's 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."
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Now 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.
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Reno Blues
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| Merle Haggard |
