Reno Blues Lyrics - Merle Haggard

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 gun-totin' cowboy 

Ten notches were carved in his gun 

An' 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 grew near her window 

A shadow he saw on the shade 

'Twas the great Philadelphia lawyer 

Makin' love to Bill's Hollywood maid 

The night was as still as the desert 

And the moon hangin' high overhead 

Bill listened a while to the lawyer 

He could hear every word that they 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 the beautiful pines 

There's one less Philadelphia lawyer 

In old Philadelphia tonight