West Texas Waltz Songtext
von Emmylou Harris

When you′re ready for steady to go dancin', romancin′
Grab your sweetheart and jump in your car
Drive right on down to the bright side of town
You'll be glad you don't have to drive far
You′ll be happy you don′t have to go far
Park your pickups and Cadillacs, Fords and Renaults
And dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz

Grandmammy, grandpappy if you wanna stay happy
You better lace up your best dancing shoes
Come see us, don't write us, you can stop your arthritis
Just by dancin′ away your blues
Just by dancin' away your blues
So bind up your bunions with band-aids and gauze
Come dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz


I met a fine banker and I′d sure like to thank him
For the credit he gave me made me shout
He changed my whole attitude and to show him my gratitude
I decided I'd just ask him out
Yes, I thought I just might ask him out
I said close up your windows, and lock up your vaults
And dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz

We spent the next to the last dollar in the old ice cream parlor
On a milkshake, a malt and a pop
Then we heard us some sounds, there was a honky tonk lounge
Right next to the ice cream shop
Next door to the ice cream shop
Now only two things are better than milkshakes and malts
And one is dancin′ like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz

And the other is somethin', but really it's nothin′
To speak of it′s somethin' to do
And if you′ve done it before, you'll be doin′ it some more
Just as soon as the dancin' is through
Right after the dancin′ is through
And if anybody asks you why, just tell it's because
You been dancin' like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz