VIVA LAS VEGAS

Bright lights city gonna set my soul, gonna set my soul on fire
I got a whole lotta money that's ready to burn so get those stakes up high
There's a thousand pretty women just waitin' out there
They're all livin' just the Devil may care
And I'm just a Devil with love to spare
So Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas

How I wish that there were more than 24 hours in a day
Even if there were 40 more, I wouldn't sleep a minute away
There's Blackjack, Poker and a Roulette wheel
A fortune won and lost on every deal
All you need is money and nerves of steel
Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas

Well, Viva Las Vegas with the neon flashing
And your one-armed bandits crashing
All your hopes down the drain

Viva Las Vegas turning day into night time
Turning night into day, time if you seen it once
You'll never be the same again

Johnny I'm going to the crap table, to throw some dice
Ah come on sweet sugar
Ah come on give it to me baby
Just real nice

I'm gonna keep on the run, I'm gonna have me some fun
If it costs me my very last dime
If I wind up broke, well, I'll always remember that I had me a swinging time
I'm gonna give it everything I got
Lady Luck won't you let the dice stay hot
Let me shoot the seven with every shot
Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas
Viva Las Vegas, Viva, Viva Las Vegas

Busted!

NOTES

Composée par Doc Pomus et Mort Shuman, Viva Las Vegas a été enregistrée par Elvis Presley en juillet 1963 pour la bande originale du film Viva Las Vegas (L'amour en quatrième vitesse, 1964), une comédie musicale de George Sidney. Le titre est sorti en 45 tours, accompagnée de What I'd Say.