I'm On My Way To Reno
Words by William Jerome
Music by Jean Schwartz
Published 1910

[verse 1]
My wife and I don't get along, we simply fight and fight,
I married her to win a bet, It really serves me right.
The love she once declared was mine, Has simply turned to hate,
So I've made up my mind to visit old Nevada state.

[chorus 1]
I'm on my way to Reno, I'm leaving town today.
Give my regards to all the boys and girls along Broadway
Once I get my liberty, no more wedding bells for me,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom.

[verse 2]
I've stood an awful lot from her and never said a word,
But, on the level, as a wife She simply was a bird.
At night when I'd come home from work, Just tired out and dead,
I'd always find her eating soda crackers in bed.

[chorus 2]
I'm on my way to Reno, I'm leaving town today.
It's liberty or death with me, my hair is turning gray.
Reno life is simply great; they grant divorces while you wait

[verse 3]
It's awful when you tie yourself up to a sufragette,
And suffer, suffer, suffer till your brains are all to let,
She had the sign on me all right, I really will admit,
She used to make me stay at home and try to learn to knit.

[chorus 3]
I'm on my way to Reno, I'm never coming back,
And if I do I surely hope the train runs off the track.
Life in Reno must be grand, husbands marching hand in hand,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom.

[verse 4]
There was a time when South Dakota was the proper place,
But when compared with Reno, it was never in the race,
The only real Arcadia from 'Frisco east to Maine,
Just think of it, the Judge and Jury meet you at the train.

[chorus 4]
I'm on my way to Reno, to break the Marriage Knot,
You just get off the train and drop a nickle in the slot,
You just get off the train and then,
Turn round and then jump on again,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom.