Philadelphia Lawyer Words and Music by Woody Guthrie 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'll go ramblin' Down where the lights are so bright. I'll win you a divorce from your husband, And we can get married tonight."
Songfacts®: Young wrote this for the Jonathan Demme movie Philadelphia, starring Tom Hanks as a lawyer dying of AIDS. Demme first cut the title sequence of Philadelphia to "Southern Man" and asked Young to write a song like it for the movie. Young …
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Young wrote this for the Jonathan Demme movie Philadelphia, starring Tom Hanks as a lawyer dying of AIDS. Demme first cut the title sequence of Philadelphia to " Southern Man " and asked Young to write a song like it for the movie. Young gave him this, which he used at the end of the film. Still needing a song for the open, he called Bruce Springsteen, who wrote " Streets Of Philadelphia ." Demme wanted musicians not typically associated with AIDS causes for his movie because he wanted a mainstream audience to take interest in the film.
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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
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One of Led Zeppelin’s most infamous tracks is “The Lemon Song, ” a sultry blooze ramble from 1969’s deathless Led Zeppelin II stitched together from pieces of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Killing Floor” and Robert Johnson’s “Travelling Riverside Blues.” (Zep settled a 1972 copyright suit over the Howlin’ Wolf portion of the song.)
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