Lyric discussion by superduperguy 

I guess i have to educate you all

Brendan is from Henderson, Nevada. Henderson is south of las vegas, it is fairly easy to see the strip from a good place. I know this because i also live in Henderson, Nevada

Sam's Town is not in Las Vegas. It is a smaller casino in henderson, similar to the station casinos (you can look those up)

This song talks about how nobody in this town wants to do anything great. I know, i live here. He wants to be famous and sees important things in his future (i.e. sam's town is a metaphor because it was the local casino and represented something bigger than what it was)

The second verse is where he goes to the strip and sees that it isnt that special. so he looks beyond that. Because if you live near Vegas, you know its not as great as its believed to be

It actually sucks

Your welcome.

Thank you super de duper guy :) (Isn't that a word from Barney..the big purple creature:). Not sure if you are actually correct, but thanx for the effort.

I live in the Vegas area, too. In case you haven't noticed, a lot of people still call the Henderson and Summerlin areas "Vegas", because it's still considered a part of the city. You tell people you're from Las Vegas and they say, "What part?" Then you can elaborate. It's like when I lived on the outskirts of Detroit -- people still considered it part of Detroit. And if you think Sam's Town isn't in Vegas, you're sadly mistaken. The address is 5111 Boulder Highway, Las Vegas, NV 89122. I would know, I live right next to it. Henderson is, I'm sure...

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