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VIVA LAS VEGAS

Hey Blackjack dealer!
Come on, hit me man!

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
Yeah, 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 die
Come on sweet sugar
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!
Hey man, you going anywhere near Vegas, do you?
??? drive back home


A post-E Street studio recording from The Last Temptation of Elvis benefit album. Originally performed by Elvis Presley back in 1964. Played few times during the Human Touch tour and once, or twice the same night, as opening and closing number (in Las Vegas, where else?) during the Reunion tour...

Available on:

  1. The Essential (disc 3- track 8)

Liner notes by Bruce Springsteen in the The Essential booklet:

Cut for the NME benefit record in support of Nordoff-Robins Music Therapy with Jeff Porcaro on drums and Bob Ludwig on bass.

Thanks isabruce and themichiganline for some lyrics help.