Top of the World

Well, I've been walking these soulless streets long

enough now to see some broken dreams,

but I still got a little faith and a reason to believe.

So pack your things and come along for the ride.

It's just up the road down the Miracle Mile.

We can dance with Lady Luck, and baby, the joker's wild.

Yeah, we're going down to where the water is wine.

We're gonna cause a little trouble this time.

Follow the lights, bright as diamonds and pearls.

We're going straight to the top of the world.

Whoa-ho, the top of the world.

Now, I'm tired of doing time dying on my feet.

And my body is still shaking from this heat.

It's the same old story about a brother raking it in.

No, you're just fading out.

I'll be spinning the wheel and rolling the dice.

If I hit it once, I'm gonna let it ride,

'cause there's no use in turning back when honey, the time

is right.

Well, we're going down to where the water is wine.

We're gonna cause a little trouble this time.

Follow the lights, bright as diamonds and pearls.

We're going straight to the top of the world.

We're gonna have our moment in time.

We're gonna push it right over that line.

Follow the lights, bright as diamonds and pearls.

We're going straight to the top of the world.

Whoa-ho, the top of the world.

Now, my soul shall be rectified the minute

I let my true light shine.

Well, we're going down to where the water is wine.

We're going to cause a little trouble this time.

Follow the lights, bright as diamonds and pearls.

We're going straight to the top of the world.

We're gonna have our moment in time.

We're gonna push it right over that line.

Follow the lights, bright as diamonds and pearls.

We're going straight to the top of the world.

We're going straight--

I know how this works.

You're trying to push me out because I'm a little guy--

take my business, my car lot.

You can't take my lot.

My wife is sick.

I need that lot.

Mel, if I may, you've had a run of bad luck.

And it's terrible.

You lost 40 straight hands of blackjack to the casino, Mel.

Not to Mr. Atlas.

You could shoot Mr. Atlas.

Then you could shoot me.

You could go downstairs and shoot everybody

on the blackjack table.

But you'd still own this casino $129,000.

Look, I got friends.

I got-- I got a lot of juice back home.

You know who I am?

You're a used car salesman from Idaho.

Iowa.

And they're barely used cars, not one over seven years old.

Mel, with or without me, this casino

is coming after its money.

You will lose your home, you will

lose what's left of your barely used cars,

you will lose personally your car barely used.

They will take your wife's wedding ring,

and she will lose that off her finger.

And if this kills both of you, they

will take the organs from your body

and sell them until the numbers balance.

The casino will keep coming after you.

Woo-hoo!

Hey, Ray!

Get stuff for me, man!

Hey, kiss your mother for me, huh?

She must have got held up, huh?

Yeah.

Women.

Maybe she's just busy all day, Ray.

A pretty girl like that, hey, they get busy.

We'll be seeing you, man.

Don't forget to write.

We'll be waiting for you!

Whoa-ho.

No wonder you hated it here.

OK.

Mr. Rappoport, Mr. Hernandez, may we never meet again.

That's a fine woman, brother.

- Hey, Ray! - Yeah?

You forgot something.

Burn them.

Been waiting long?

Four years.

Sure you want to do this?

Four years, Ray.

Things change.

We have to do this.

No, you have to do this.

I don't have to do this.

I mean, let's just get one thing straight.

You're leaving.

I'm not leaving.

You left when you went to prison.

Hey, I didn't know you could read.

They're all from his wife.

He got all these letters, and none of them are opened.

You must have made some special arrangements

for somebody somewhere along the way.

No.

Well--

What?

You got insurance?

What?

Life insurance.

You know, what you pay your wife, or unfortunate debts,

if something happens to you.

Life insurance. Yeah, yeah.

Through the VA, I guess. Yeah.

OK.

Well, this is the time for you to make

a very important decision.

This is push comes to shove time.

Now, are you the man who's going to do

whatever it takes to provide for his wife, his family?

Well, I was thinking more or less along the lines of a-- a--

a loan payment plan.

No, this is the only way, Mel.

OK.

But I might come back tonight.

I understand.

We know you'll do the right thing, Mel.

And Mel, don't take that gun down into the casino.

We frown on that.

You know, I--

I remember a time when you would have shot him

and make it look like a suicide.

I know.

I know.

I'm gonna go get his signature and send it down to the county.

You do that.

You be careful, too.

We're on the top of the world now.

We want to stay there.

It's a big payday for us today.

Let's get lucky.

Stop the car for a minute.

Why?

Something I gotta do.

Couldn't you have done that inside?

I guess I could have, but I would have been shot.

The law says prison garb till you're off state property.

Nice ride.

Where's my Lincoln?

That heap died on the I-5 during rush hour

three and a half years ago.

That car was art, baby.

Yeah.

Well, they still charged me $50 to tow it.

So where'd you get this one?

Hm?

You look great.

You know, you could have done this alone with one

of those absentee things.

Yeah, well, I wanted to end this clean, OK?

Face to face, like we started it.

A condemned man is entitled to a last meal and a smoke.

You're not condemned, Ray.

I'm not condemning you.

Really?

A man's wife picks him up the day he gets out of prison,

drives him to Vegas for a divorce--

what do you call that, a reprieve?

They're here.

- Perfect timing. - Come on, guys.

We don't got all night.

Let's get moving.

Hey, man.

You got another smoke?

Yeah, I got one.

Hey, cowboys.

What's up?

It's red.

You're supposed to be dressed like a security guard.

No, man. You said maintenance.

No, man. I said a security guard.

You said maintenance.

I said security guard.

This is not part of the plan.

Get in here before somebody sees you.

What is this, an armored truck convention?

Get in here.

You and I will talk later. You said maintenance.

I said security.

This way. Come on.

Come on.

Come on, hurry up!

Do you realize that almost every job we go on,

you kill everybody?

So?

Well, I'm thinking that that jeopardizes