Albuquerque, casino lights The smarter man might just drive right by But I put my savings on a roulette game Or any old red number, I got twenty-eight That's a risk you run when you go all in But I'm not going to New Mexico again 'Cause there's a mountain there that I'll never climb It put a cavern in my heart, spreading deep and wide Yeah, I took the gamble, laid it all there at her feet There goes Albuquerque, taking everything from me ♪ And now every mirror is just a west bound train With a one-way ticket to things I know I'll never change And it breaks my spirit how it burns my bones Seeing that between us, all I'll ever know It's just a mountain there that I'll never climb It put a cavern in my heart, spreading deep and wide Yeah, I took the gamble, laid it all there at her feet There goes Albuquerque, taking everything from me ♪ Oh, what I'd give to hold her But all my pride and closure are piled up With the one thing that I can't get over 'Cause there's a mountain there that I'll never climb It put a cavern in my heart, spreading deep and wide Yeah, I took the gamble, laid it all there at her feet There goes Albuquerque, taking everything from me Taking everything from me