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I’ve been a Mayall fan for years, mostly the old 60s stuff and Spinning Coin from the early 90s, but a fan nonetheless.

Yesterday (ironically, during the meltdown), I heard this song from Debbie Davies’ album Key to Love: A Celebration of the Music of John Mayall on the digital blues channel. Debbie wrote this particular song, and I’ve never had something strike me as so funny and eerily appropriate. Tell me you haven’t felt like this sometimes:

I went down to see my stock broker
I said, “Cash me out and gimme the rest”
I took a taxi to the airport
I bought a one-way ticket headed west

Takin’ it all to Vegas
Takin’ it all to Vegas
You know I’m takin’ it all to Vegas
Can’t take Wall Street no more

You know, losin’ so much money made my spirit sink
If I lose in Vegas, ‘least I get a free drink
I’m goin’ to Vegas
Yeah takin’ it all to Vegas
You know I’m takin’ it all to Vegas
Can’t take Wall Street no more

Now the crooked execs got their hand in the till
They say they gonna quit it, but I know they never will
Now a blackjack dealer will never cheat or lie
‘Cause he’s being watched by the eye in the sky

Whoa, Vegas baby
Woo-hoo, I’m goin’ to Vegas
Well I’m takin’ it all to Vegas
I can’t take Wall Street no more

You want to get rich quick, and now I know
Down on Wall Street you can’t even get rich slow!
Goin’ to Vegas
Yeah, yeah, yeah I’m goin’ to Vegas
Well I’m takin’ it all to Vegas
I can’t take Wall Street no more

Debbie Davies, “Takin It All to Vegas”