- Viva Las Vegas –
Elvis Presley
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.
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 you neon flashin'
and your one armbandits 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, Viva Las Vegas
- Notas: La canción fue compuesta para la película “Viva las Vegas” en las que
Elvis hacía de conductor de coches de carreras que tenía que trabajar de
camarero en un hotel para poder pagar sus deudas de juego. La canción es una
descripción de esta ciudad y el ambiente que se puede encontrar, hablando de
los típicos elementos como los juegos de los casinos, las luces de neón, y la
posibilidad de perderlo todo un mal día.
- 1. “…one
armbandits…” = Es una forma coloquial de referirse a las máquinas tragaperras por eso de
que se accionan presionando un brazo y que te dejan más limpio que si te
hubiera asaltado un bandido.
- 2. “…dime…”
= Es la moneda
americana de diez centavos de dólar.
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.
Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas.
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
and your one armbandits 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 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, Viva Las Vegas
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