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 



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 



I'm leaving Las Vegas 

Oh, lights so bright 

Blackjack on a Saturday night 

I'm leaving Las Vegas 

I'm leaving for good, for good 



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 



I'm leaving Las Vegas 

Oh, I'm leaving Las Vegas

For good, for good

Leaving Las Vegas 



I quit my job as a dancer 

At the Lido des Girls 

And we're dealing blackjack until one or two 



Such a muddy line between 

The things you want 

And the things you have to do 



Oh, leaving Las Vegas 

Lights so bright 

Palm sweat blackjack 

On a Saturday night 

Leaving Las Vegas 

I'm leaving for good

Oh, I'm leaving Las Vegas

And the lights so bright

Palm sweat blackjack

On a Saturday night

I'm leaving Las Vegas

I'm leaving for good, for good

Oh, I'm leaving Las Vegas

And the lights so bright

Leaving Las Vegas

And I won't be back

No, no

No, I won't be back

Not this time