This tune started out as a tribute to the annual Viva Las Vegas rockabilly festival which takes place in Las Vegas every spring. The song had a verse and chorus when Clark had the idea to work the song into a Vegas heist tune where the band is playing at VLV but it's a front for a casino heist. So I guess the heist would be at the Orleans Casino, although the song mentions the Sands. :-) One of our more rockabilly tunes but with a bit of a spy/surf influence. In classic TV style it starts with a flash-forward then unveils the plot.
-SKD
lyrics
This is car 64, we are out on Highway 9
A tripped out Ford, just flew by, doing 109
I’m lighting them up, and I’m in pursuit, gonna stay real tight
By the looks of things, this is the crew, that hit the Sands tonight
Just flew into Vegas, And man my arms are tired
My head is aching and my feet are sore
From four days of being wired
The PBR was flowin', And the pinup girls were glowin'
Gram was right this ain't no place, For a poor boy like me
But Viva (let's rock)
Viva (let's roll)
Viva (let's rock)
Before we all get old
We were surfing on a tiki wave, casing from stage
Slot machines, weren’t the only thing that were gettin' played
Marked cards and whiskey jars, all hustlers just like me
But we ain’t gonna be poor for long, just you wait and see
Chorus
At the end of this set place your bets, hoping to cash in
With the wink of an eye, and one more rye, we’re ready to move in
No shots were fired and the girls we hired, can finish off the show
Our tripped out Ford is rumbling out back , pointed to Mexico
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