Weekend
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Driving out of vegas in their automobile
They left Las Vegas in their car.

She was in the backseat while he was at the wheel
She was sitting in the back, he was driving.

With the windows wide open
The windows of the car were open.

All the money from the store they'd gambled away
They had gambled away all the money from the store.

He said, "...the best laid plans often go astray."
He said that even the best plans can go wrong.

She took the page of her book and turned it down
She marked her place in the book she was reading.

She lit a cigarette...she didn't make a sound
She lit a cigarette and didn't say anything.

"and I know if we'd had just one more chance," he said
He said that if they had one more chance they could hit the jackpot.

"I know--we'd finally hit the big one at last," she said
She agreed that they could hit the jackpot if given one more try.

See instead of another lost weekend / lost weekend
Instead of wasting time like last time, they should do something else.

another lost weekend / lost weekend
They wasted time like this previously.

"Pull over soon," she said, "it's no big deal, You can take any exit that you happen to feel is the right one." The right one
She suggested they pull over and take the next exit if they feel like it's the right one.

As she slowly blew her smoke out of the rear wind vent She thought back on all the letters she'd sent
She blew smoke out of the car's rear window and remembered all of the letters she had written.

For a contest to be on a quiz game show
She had written letters for a quiz show contest.

"Maybe I shoulda stayed in school," he said
He regretted not staying in school.

"Yeah, I know--start your own business cleaning swimming pools," she said--see
She sarcastically suggested he could start his own business cleaning pools.

She leaned forward over the front seat and twiddled with the radio dial She looked out the window, saw a sign and both of them began to smile "There's a place we could stay at...it's up another mile."
She leaned forward to change the radio station and saw a sign, they both smiled at each other and realized there was a place to stay a mile away.