Nine exits north of Las Vegas, Vegas In the back room of the El Mago Casino Under a portrait of Doris Day And a pair of C-notes Soft candy betting hard eight Not quite how you laid it out for me When we split up that night, that night Coming out of the

Nine exits north of Las Vegas, Vegas But there's always a flaw in the diamond A lightning-fork crack in the pearl A fault in the rock of the island And it's usually shaped like a girl, a girl Leave us lost in the rust and the rubble Nine exits north of

Nine exits north of Las Vegas, Vegas Nine exits north of Las Vegas