Never Leaving Las Vegas
(italicized: lifted from Mike Figgis's adapted screenplay)
Just bought a pack of smokes
It was my first one after the last one
I was ever going to buy
Til my last breath
I'll sit around all night
Watching Nicolas Cage say:
"We could get Prime Rib
They've got it on sale for two-ninety-nine
...I love that dress"
I'm never leaving Las Vegas
Digressing til I regress
I'm never leaving Las Vegas
Between the one-hundred-and-one-proof breath
And the occasional drool
Some interesting words fall
Out of your mouth
You always seem so simple
You always become so difficult
You're on a downward spiral
Chasing a spinning room
I'm never leaving Las Vegas
Digressing til I regress
I'm never leaving Las Vegas
Killing myself as a way to drink
Killing myself as a way to smoke
Killing myself as a way to give
Killing myself as a way to live
Take your pick
Of vices and devices
Smooth your snout, smooth it over
Gin and tonic
Vodka vomit
Smooth as silk
I'm a prickly pear
I'm never leaving Las Vegas
Digressing til I regress
I'm never leaving Las Vegas
I'm never leaving
Never leaving
Never never never never never...
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2 comments:
Aw c'mon Scotty, the guy is just having fun. Our nanny protests against normalcy will hopefully end soon.
Then maybe we can all light up and relax.
hey scott, happy morning after (i'm trying to find a silver lining). as an aside, i worked for mike figgis, he one strange cookie. brilliant guy.
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