As sung by Bob Hope in the Paramount movie 'Paleface'.
Music and Words by Jay Livingstone and Ray Evans
Intro
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A Western ranch is just a branch
Gm7 F
Of nowhere junction to me
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Give the city, where living's pretty
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And the gals wear finery
Verse 1:
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East is east and west is west
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And the wrong one I have chose
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Let's go where I'll keep on wearin' those
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Frills and flowers and buttons and bows
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Rings and things and buttons and bows
Verse 2:
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Don't bury me in this prairie
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Take me where the cement grows
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Let's move down to some big town
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Where they love a gal by the cut of her clothes
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And You'll stand out in buttons and bows
Bridge:
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I'll love you in buckskin
Or skirts that I've homespun
But I'll love you longer, stronger where
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Your friends don't tote a gun
Verse 3:
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My bones denounce the buckboard bounce
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And the cactus hurts my toes
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Let's vamoose where gals keep usin'
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Those silks and satins and linen that shows
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And you're all mine in buttons and bows
Verse 4:
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Gimme eastern trimmin' where women are women
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In high silk hose and peek-a-boo clothes
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And French perfume that rocks the room
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And You're all mine in buttons and bows
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Buttons and bows, buttons and bows