Leaving Las Vegas   





Life springs eternal 

On a gaudy neon street 

Not that I care at all 

I spent the best part of my losing streak 

In an Army Jeep 

For what I can't recall 

Oh I'm banging on my TV set 

And I check the odds 

And I place my bet 

I pour a drink 

And I pull the blind 

And I wonder what I'll find  

 

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I'm Leaving Las Vegas 

Lights so bright 

Palm sweat, blackjack 

On a Saturday night 

Leaving Las Vegas 

Leaving for good, for good 

I'm leaving for good 

I'm leaving for good 

 

Used to be I could drive up to 

Barstow for the night 

Find some crossroad trucker 

To demonstrate his might 

But these days it seems 

Nowhere is far enough away 

So I'm leaving Las Vegas today 

 

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I'm standing in the middle of the desert 

Waiting for my ship to come in 

But now no joker, no jack, no king 

Can take this loser hand 

And make it win 

 

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I quit my job as a dancer 

At the Lido Des Girls 

Dealing blackjack until one or two 

Such a muddy line between 

The things you want 

And the things you have to do 

 

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I'm leaving Las Vegas 

And I won't be back 

No I won't be back 

Not this time