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Layin' Low in Ely, Nevada

from South of the South by David Dondero

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Layin’ low in Ely, Nevada
On the loneliest highway just west of Utah
It had started to snow
I got a room for the night
I put a fiver in the slot
I took a shot and then on came the lights
Bars of four came up twice
And a double super bonus
Twice was nice
You know i, couldn’t believe it
I didn’t even know how much it was
But it must have been a lot i hit the jackpot
I mean that whole place was abuzz
I’ve always been just a scratch off ticket away
Always win another ticket to play
Then i come up empty and i throw that thing away
You know i tossed it on the floor like i was bored
But it was worth a shot to play
I’ve seen no luck in old Biloxi
I’ve lost hundreds and hundreds worth of twenties
But at the Hotel Nevada everything changed
I bought drinks for the house
A king suite with a couch
I mean the whole scene was a little bit weird and strange
The night went on and i got loaded
When you’re loaded it’s too easy to get loaded
Don’t you know what I mean?
I’m talking loot cakes of cash
My casino cup was full i had control
But it was a drastic contrast
I met this girl
blue eyeshadow
Bleach blonde hair
silver sparkly stiletto
She’s a dragstrip dream
A real card playing queen
But i could tell she’d come to scam
With all her phony glitz and glam
But she dammed my conscience stream
This girl she was much like a slot machine
Lowest odds
You can’t win off some card playing queen
But i let it roll
I wanted a golden egg from this sparrow
And then the pot bellied waitress
Said “here’s a free shot, you should take this.”
And my sights got a little narrow
I got sleepy she said
“Come on honey”
Let’s go upstairs
Before you lose the rest of your money
Besides you might get a little bit lucky
With this card playin’ queen
My head was spinning like a roulette wheel
With weighted dice the loaded feel
But i was cooking up my own scheme
So off to bed i go with a girl i don’t even know
Yeah roll roll roll through sheets we did roll
I woke up to empty casino cup
Red lipstick on the mirror read
“a sucker will suck”
So i made a some coffee
tried to reevaluate my luck
Card playin’ queen departed
So i’m back to where i started
But she was kind enough
She was a woman enough
She was good enough
To leave me five bucks

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from South of the South, released October 25, 2005

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