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Philadelphia Lawyer

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Philadelphia Lawyer

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Way out in Reno Nevada where romance blooms and fades

There's a great Philadelphia lawyer makin' love to a Hollywood maid

Come love and we will wander out where the lights are bright

I'll win you a divorce from your husband and we can get married tonight

Wild Bill was a gun-totin' cowboy ten notches were carved on his gun

And all the boys around Reno left Wild Bill's maiden alone

One night when he 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 two shadows he saw on the shade

The great Philadelphia lawyer was making love to Bill's Hollywood maid

Um uh let's see he the two win the two shades

I forgot the words to it so I'm just talkin'

I'll tell you story about it

And un and we can tell you about Wild Bill went up there

And he saw those two people on the shades you know

And the Philadelphia Lawyer was tellin'

Come love and we will wonder out where the lights are bright

Oh I forgot to say what the Philadelphia Lawyer said to Bill's Hollywood maid

Now I'm a little bit nervous

Your hands are so pretty and lovely your form so rare and divine

Come go with me to the city we'll leave this wild cowboy behind

Now back in old Philadelphia among the beautiful pines

There's one less Philadelphia lawyer in old Philadelphia tonight

Thank you very much thank you

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We'd like to introduce to you a group of fellows we're certainly proud of

Starting with Biff Adam on the drums

Mr Dennis Hromek on the bass guitar

And on my right Mr Bobby Wayne on rhythm guitar singing harmony

Over on my far fall left Mr Norman Hamlet on the steel guitar

Mr Roy Nichols on the lead electric guitar

They just released the instrumental album not too long ago

And it's call Introducing The Strangers

The first song on the album is called Stealin' Corn and here they are to do it

And it goes like this

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