West Texas Waltz Lyrics - Joe Ely

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 pick-ups and Cadillacs and fords and Renaults 

Get out and dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz 

My pickup needs a tune-up, I better get up and make up 

My mind to get on it today 

The tractor's been actin' up and the sewer lines are backin' up 

But I'll be dancin' tonight anyway 

I'll be dancin' tonight anyway 

'Cause I count my blessings, I don't count my faults 

I like to dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz 

Well I found a young cow-dog an' I told him, "Now, now dog 

You're a borderline collie, I'm a borderline fool 

But he had some bad habits, he was scared of jack rabbits 

I sent him off to canine school 

I think they call it obedience school 

But when he came back he couldn't tell a cow from a horse 

But he could dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz 

Grand mammy, grand pappy if you wanna stay happy 

Better lace up your best dancin' shoes 

Come see us, don't write us, you can stop your arthritis 

Just by dancin' away your blues 

Now ,just by dancin' away your blues 

So bind up your bunions with band-aids and gauze 

And come on, dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz 

Oh yeah, hey Mama 

I met a fine lady banker and I'd sure like to thank her 

For the credit she gave me made me shout 

She changed my whole attitude and to show her my little gratitude 

I decided I'd just ask her out 

Yeah, I thought I just might ask her out 

I said, Close up your windows and lock up your vaults 

And lets go dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz 

We spent the next to last dollar in the old ice cream parlor 

On a milkshake and a malt and a pop 

And then we heard us some sounds, was a honky tonk lounge 

Driving 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 'em because 

You been dancin' like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz