It really is; no kidding. Amazing to wake up and push back the curtains to see beyond the parking lot and beyond the Riviera billboard which begs, "Let Us Entertain You," and beyond Paradise Road to the 24-hour CVS and beyond the Hypnaughty shop (and we still haven't figured out what they sell or provide) and beyond all of the pink and yellow playfulness of the hotels and casinos — beyond all of that phoniness — to great, purple mountains.

I want to climb those mountains.

Oh oh oh, I'm lightning
Oh oh oh, I'm rain
Oh oh oh, it's frightening
I'm not the same,
I'm not the same,
I'm not the same.