Artist：mark  knopfler

Songs  Title：sands  of  nevada

Album  by:  Sailing  To  Philadelphia

Artist  by:  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  lucks  still  a  mystery

With  her  head  on  my  shoulder

And  I  dont  know  why

I  still  want  her  to  dance

I  guess  thats  all  history

What  it  is  is  a  Im  older

And  Im  still  a  fool

For  a  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  crumbled

And  Ive  paid  with  whatever

I  had  left  for  a  soul

Now  the  dawns  broken  even

On  a  empty  horizon

No  reason  for  folding

No  reason  to  stay

Its  too  soon  to  be  leaving

Too  late  for  criticising

And  the  sands  of  nevada

They  go  drifting  away