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The Wild West is Where I Want to Be

The Wild West is Where I Want to Be

SOURCE:
Bob Pfeffer
SOURCE'S SOURCE: Tom Lehrer, Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer (Pantheon, 1981)

            D
Along the trail you'll find me lopin'
            G             D
Where the spaces are wide open,
        D                E     A
In the land of the old AEC (DOE, NRC, ERDA?)
            D
Where the scenery's attractive,
         G
And the air is radioactive,
         A7                        D
Oh, the wild west is where I want to be.

'Mid the sagebrush and the cactus
I will watch the fellers practice
Droppin' bombs through the clean desert breeze.
I will have on my sombrero
And of course I'll wear a pair o'
Levis over my lead BVD's
                   G

INTERLUDE: I will leave the city's rush,
                      D
           Leave the fancy and the plush,
                       A7
           Leave the snow and leave the slush
                     D   D7
           And the crowds.
                   G(E+3            g(e+3
           I will seek the desert's hush,
                       D
           Where the scenery is lush,
                  E
           How I long to see the mush-
                  A   A7
           Room clouds

"Mid the yuccas and the thistles
I will watch the guided missiles,
While the old FBI watches me.
Yes, I'll soon make my appearance
(Soon as I can get my clearance),
'Cause the wild west is where I want to be.

Copyright Tom Lehrer
RPf

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