Original Elvis Presley version
Bright light city gonna set my soul, gonna set my soul on fire
Got a whole lot of money that's ready to burn so get those stakes up higher
There's a thousand pretty women waiting out there
They're all living the devil may care
And I'm just the devil with love to spare
So viva Las Vegas, viva Las Vegas
How I wish that there were more than the twenty-four hours in the day
Now even if there were forty more I wouldn't sleep a minute away
Oh there's black jack and poker and the roulette wheel
A fortune won and lost on every deal
All you need's a strong heart and a nerve of steel
Viva Las Vegas, viva Las Vegas
Viva Las Vegas with you neon flashing and your one arm bandits crashing
And all those hopes down the drain
Viva Las Vegas turning day into nighttime turning night into daytime if you see it once
You'll never be the same again
I'm going to keep on the run, I'm going to have me some fun if it costs me my very last dime
If I wind up broke up well I'll always remember that I had a swinging time
Yeah I'm gonna give it everything I've got
Lady luck please let the dice stay hot
Let me shout a seven with every shot
So viva Las Vegas, viva Las Vegas, viva Las Vegas
Viva, viva Las Vegas
VIVA LAS VEGAS is a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman and released by Elvis Presley as a single in 1964. The above lyrics are for the original Elvis Presley version of VIVA LAS VEGAS as released in 1964.
Bruce Springsteen recorded VIVA LAS VEGAS and released in 1990. He also later performed it live on some rare occasions. See Bruce Springsteen's official studio version for more details.
List of available versions of VIVA LAS VEGAS on this website:
VIVA LAS VEGAS [Official studio version]