Life Was Never Finer
© 2014, Stolen Rhodes
Amy was a Carolina sweetheart
Apple of her daddy's eye
She turned sixteen, packed her bags
And crossed the Great Divide
She found herself in Vegas
Where she worked the casino floors
Another night in pumps and a cocktail dress
Among the gamblers, tramps, and whores
She would tell her old man
Back in Carolina
That she'd gone to Vegas
And life was never finer
Billy was a flashy gambler
Grab your attention anywhere he stood
He'd double-down, bust, double-down again
Just because he could
He liked to carry a .38 Special
Under every dealer's nose
He shot a main down in Mexico
Or so the story goes
He liked to call himself a filmmaker
But the movies he made were porn
The virgins and the runaways
Cursed the day he was born
What goes around, comes around
You head on out to Vegas where you're lost and never found
What goes around, comes around
You head on out to Vegas where you're lost and never found
You get a little higher, 'cause life was never finer
Amy brought Billy a bourbon
He said "I can make you more famous than a centerfold girl
Believe me, kid, you'll be the fantasy of boys all over the world.
So come with me, pretty baby, and let's quit this casino scene."
And Amy followed old Billy from his table and into the great unforeseen
You can tell your old man
Back in Carolina
That you found your fortune, and life was never finer
What goes around, comes around
You head on out to Vegas where you're lost and never found
What goes around, comes around
You head on out to Vegas where you're lost and never found
You get a little higher, 'cause life was never finer
Spin the wheel, throw the dice
And Lady Luck will burn you and you'll have to pay the price
The desert sands and one-night stands,
Grab your shoes, light the fuse, nothing to lose!
Billy rolled up in a black Continental
And they drove to the edge of town
Billy shut off the engine
And put his hand up her skirt and tried to push her to the ground
She reached for his .38 Special
In one shot lay Billy dead
And in the heat of the confusion
Billy's words rolled through her head
You can tell your old man
Back in Carolina
That you found your fortune
And life was never finer
What goes around, comes around
You head on out to Vegas where you're lost and never found
What goes around, comes around
Now you look over your shoulder till your six feet under ground
You get a little higher
What goes around, comes around
You head on out to Vegas where you're lost and never found
What goes around, comes around
Now you look over your shoulder till your six feet under ground
You get a little higher