West Texas Waltz.
Joe Ely.
Album: Honky Tonk Masquerade.

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When you're ready for steady to go dancin', romancin',
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Grab your sweetheart and jump in your car,

Drive right on down to the bright side of town,
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You'll be glad you don't have to drive far,
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You'll be happy you don't have to go far,
          
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Park your pickups and Cadillacs, Fords and Renaults
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And dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz

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My pickup needs a tune-up, I better get up and make up,
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My mind to get on it today, the tractor's been actin' up,

And the sewer lines are backin' up,
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But I'll be dancin' tonight anyway,
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I'll be dancin' tonight anyway.

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'Cause I count my blessings, I don't count my faults
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I like to dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz

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Well I found a young cow-dog and I told him: "Now, now doh.
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"You're a borderline Collie, I'm a borderline fool."

But he had some bad habits he was scared of jack rabbits.
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I sent him off to canine school.
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I think they call it obedience school.
 
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When he came back, he couldn't tell a cow from a horse,
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But he could dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz.

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Grandmammy, grandpappy if you wanna stay happy,
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Better lace up your best dancin' shoes,

Come see us, don't write us,
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You can stop your arthritis just by dancin' away your blues,
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Now just by dancin' away your blues.

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So bind up your bunnions with band-aids and gauze,
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And come out dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz,

Oh yeah.

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I met a fine lady banker and I'd sure like to thank her,
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For the credit she gave me made me shout,

She changed my whole attitude,
                           
And to show her a my gratitude,
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I decided I'd just ask her out,
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Yeah, I thought I just might ask her out.

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I said close up your windows, and lock up your vaults,
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And lets go dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz.
                 
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We spent the next two last dollars in the old ice cream parlor,
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On a milkshake and malted pop,
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And then we heard us some sounds it was a honky tonk lounge,
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Right next door to the ice cream shop,
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Next door to the ice cream shop.

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Now only two things are better than milkshakes and malts,
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And one is dancin' like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz.

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And the other is somethin' but really it's nothin'.
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To speak of, it's somethin' to do, if you've done it before.
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You'll be doin' it some more, just as soon as the dancin' is through.
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Right after the dancin' is through.

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And if anybody asks you why, just tell 'em because.
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You been dancin' like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz.

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