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In Las Vegas

by K L Dennis

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A new video of the song is at vimeo.com/242528690

This is a new recording of the song - and a better mix!

In respectful honor of the victims and survivors of the tragedy in Las Vegas. It happened and this song came out of blue a few days later. It tells the stories of separate individuals of various kinds who go to Las Vegas on that day. Fictional characters but a very real event.

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In Las Vegas ©2017 KL Dennis

I’m okay now I’m okay now
The anger’s past It never lasts
The pistol stayed down inside the drawer
I don’t want to use it anymore
I just like to know it’s there
In case one time I really need to make things clear

And I have something to do tomorrow
Gonna get away from mom and Jesus
I’m going to win big at the casino
A casino in Las Vegas

You gotta do what you gotta do
You gotta make a wage, and it’s harder nowadays
So you sell what you have to the customers
And you give them all of the right papers
But you can never know
What is in their minds as they smile and go

Yeah, I have something to do tomorrow
It pays the bills for my family and feeds us
I’m going to the gun show
The gun show In Las Vegas

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No easy fixes in the land of open carry
No easy blame in this mixed up history
But the more that people die
The harder it is to separate death and money

It started well, it started well
The time of our life, just me and my wife
The kids at home, the troubles far behind
Just her and me and plenty of time
And to top it all
Some music that she loved so well

Yeah, we had something to do tomorrow
To live our life, the two of us
Then we went to the country music show
The open air concert in Las Vegas

It was a quiet night and things were all right
My husband and I had a fight but our tears had dried
He can’t work and gets frustrated
So I’m back in the force and he sure hates it
But we’ve got debts
And they have got to be met

It was ten o’clock and almost tomorrow
On patrol with my good partner Lopez
Then a call went out on the radio
There was trouble in Las Vegas
At the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas
At the end of the day in Las Vegas

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K L Dennis Los Angeles, California

I'm a rebel against the way things are going. I'm a Christian who didn't vote the same way as many of my brothers and sisters. I write songs about things that matter to a man who wakes up in an increasingly strange world, and then turns that into songs. I started with five chords and the truth; now I have a few more chords. Still going for truth. ... more

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