Elvis Presley Viva Las Vegas

Elvis Presley Viva Las Vegas
Written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman for Elviss 1964 film Viva Las Vegas. Elvis recorded in July 1963 at Radio Recorders. Elvis sang it three times in the movies, once with Ann Margret. It spent 7 weeks on Billboards Hot 100 chart, peaking at #29 and sold over one million copies. It was the A-side to Whatd I say. It is available on Elvis in Hollywood, Elvis: Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits, 2nd to None, Viva Las Vegas/Roustabout soundtrack compilation, FTD Viva Las Vegas CD, Elvis at the Movies, and Command Performances-The Essential Masters II.

Bright light city gonna set my soul
Gonna set my soul on fire
Got a whole lot of money that's ready to burn,
So get those stakes up higher
There's a thousand pretty women waitin' out there
And they're all livin' devil may care
And I'm just the devil with love to spare
So Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas

How I wish that there were more
Than the twenty-four hours in the day
'Cause even if there were forty more
I wouldn't sleep a minute away
Oh, there's black jack and poker and the roulette wheel
A fortune won and lost on ev'ry deal
All you need's a strong heart and a nerve of steel
Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas with your neon flashin'
And your one arm bandits crashin'
All those hopes down the drain
Viva Las Vegas turnin' day into nighttime
Turnin' night into daytime
If you see it once
You'll never be the same again

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 up well
I'll always remember that I had a swingin' time
I'm gonna give it ev'rything I've got
Lady luck please let the dice stay hot
Let me shoot a seven with ev'ry shot
Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas,
Viva Las Vegas
Viva, Viva Las Vegas