Atlantic City

(album: Nebraska - 1982)

Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night now they blew up his house too
Down on the boardwalk they're getting ready for a fight gonna see what them racket boys can do

Now there's trouble busing in from outta state and the D.A. can't get no relief
Gonna be a rumble out on the promenade and the gambling commissions hanging on by the skin of its teeth

Everything dies baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
Put your makeup on fix your hair up pretty and meet me tonight in Atlantic City

Well I got a job and tried to put my money away
But I got debts that no honest man can pay
So I drew what I had from the Central Trust
And I bought us two tickets on that Coast City bus

Everything dies baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
Put your makeup on fix your hair up pretty and meet me tonight in Atlantic City

Now our luck may have died and our love may be cold but with you forever I'll stay
We're going out where the sands turning to gold so put on your stockin's cause the nights getting cold and maybe everything dies
That's a fact but maybe everything that dies someday comes back

Now I been looking for a job but it's hard to find
Down here it's just winners and losers and don't get caught on the wrong side of that line
Well I'm tired of coming out on the losing end
So honey last night I met this guy and I'm gonna do a little favor for him
Well I guess everything dies baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
Put your makeup on fix your hair up pretty and meet me tonight in Atlantic City