Stan Ridgway - Lost weekend lyrics

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Drivin' outta Vegas in their automobile

She was in the back seat while he was at the wheel

With the windows wide open

All the money from the store, they'd gambled away

He said "the best laid plans often go astray"

She took the page of a book and turned it down

She lit a cigarette, she didn't make a sound

"And I know, if we'd had just one more chance," he said

"I know, we'd finally hit the big one at last", she said

Chorus:

(Instead of) another lost weekend

Lost weekend

Another lost weekend

Lost weekend

"Pull over soon," she said, "it's no big deal,

You can take any exit that you happen to feel

Is the right one"

The right one

As she slowly blew her smoke out the rear wind vent

She thought back on all the letters she'd sent

For a contest to be on a quiz game show

"Maybe I shoulda stayed in school," he said

"Yeah, I know––start your own business cleanin' swimming pools," she said

Chorus repeat x2

She leaned over the front seat and twiddled with the radio dial

She looked out the window, saw a sign, and both of them began to smile

"There's a place we can stay at... it's up another mile."