Now if i may indulge in a bit of personal history

A few years ago

I worked for a while at the los alamos scientific laboratory in

New mexico

I had a job there as a spy

No i guess you know

That the staff out there at that time was composed almost exclusively

Of spies

Of one persuasion or another

And while i was out there

I came to realize how much the wild west had changed since the good

Old days of wyatt earp and home on the range

And here then is a

Modern cowboy ballad commemorating that delightful metamorphosis called

The wild west is where i wanna be

The Wild West Is Where I Want to Be (Live) - Tom Lehrer

Along the trail you'll find me lopin'

Where the spaces are wide open

In the land of the old aec yee-hoo

Where the scenery's attractive

And the air is radioactive

Oh the wild west is where i wanna be

'Mid the sagebrush and the cactus

I'll watch the fellows practice

Droppin' bombs through the clean desert breeze

A-ha

I'll have on my sombrero

And of course i'll wear a pair o'

Levis over my lead bvd's

I will leave the city's rush

Leave the fancy and the plush

Leave the snow and leave the slush

And the crowds

I will seek the desert's hush

Where the scenery is lush

How i long to see the mush-room clouds

'Mid the yuccas and the thistles

I'll watch the guided missiles

While the old fbi watches me

Yee-hoo

Yes i'll soon make my appearance

Soon as i can get my clearance

'Cause the wild west is where i wanna be