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Part 1 of Wild Wild West Filks
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2021-04-29
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The Night of the Wanderer

Summary:

James West channels his inner Dion.

Notes:

A long time ago, on an email discussion list devoted to “The Wild Wild West,” several of us got on a filking kick. The filks I post in this series were either written solely by me or with a co-author, VJ, my partner-in-lunacy (her words, not mine—though I do not dispute their accuracy).

In this particular filk, the names included are references to others who were part of the discussion list.

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THE NIGHT OF THE WANDERER
(co-authored with VJ)

(to the tune of “The Wanderer,” with apologies to Dion. If you don't know the song, you can listen to it here.)

Oh well I’m the type of guy who will never settle down
Where pretty girls are, well, you know that I’m around
I kiss ’em and I love ’em and they fall just like a leaf
I hug ’em and I squeeze ’em; steal their hearts just like a thief.
I ride the Wanderer, yeah the Wanderer
I ride around around around

Oh well there’s Deb right behind me, Janis standing on my right
And Jenny is the girl that I’ll be with tonight
And when she asks me which one I love the best
I tear open my shirt I got Lizzie on my chest
I ride the Wanderer, yeah the Wanderer
I ride around around around

Oh well I roam from town to town
I take on villains everywhere
’Til I’ve stopped their evil plans
With my two fists of iron and indestructible hair.

I’m the type of guy who likes to roam around
I’m never in one place I roam from town to town
And when I find myself a-fallin’ for some girl
I hop right on that train of mine and ride around the world
It’s the Wanderer, yeah the Wanderer
I ride around around around

Oh yeah I’m the type of guy who likes to roam around
With Artie by my side I roam from town to town
We take on all the bad guys that the President directs
And when I get a hankerin’ for the gentler sex
I hop on the Wanderer, yeah the Wanderer
I ride around around around...
I ride the Wanderer, yeah the Wanderer
I ride around around around

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