Sands Of Nevada Lyrics - Sailing To Philadelphia - Mark Knopfler

These tables are haunted by the ghost of Las Vegas 

Their chips were once mountains but they came here to play 

They could take me if they wanted but I have nothing worth counting 

And like the sands of Nevada they go drifting away 

Lady luck's still a mystery with her head on my shoulder 

And I don't know why I still want her to dance 

I guess that's all history what it is is I'm older 

And I'm still a fool for your one-way romance 

Her dice were red rubies, they rolled and they tumbled 

And I never saw time running out with my roll 

And in the wasteland of cut glass my dreams were all crumbled 

And I've paid with whatever I had left for a soul 

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Now the dawn's broken even on a empty horizon 

No reason for folding, no reason to stay 

It's too soon to be leaving, too late for criticizing 

And the sands of Nevada go drifting away 

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