Valium Waltz Lyrics - Old 97's

To dream as if lovers of the ultra-familiar 

Hover above her as she's checking you out 

Wander around her but never sleep with her 

Watch her though windows as she pours herself out 

You're scoring her shipwrecks with fiddles and dobios 

Laugh at the plainclothes police the crowd 

Carry her under like water or ether 

Spirit her off when the music's too loud 

And it's written all over the face of the daughter 

Of the mayor of Marble Falls 

When she winds up in debt and down doing the Valium waltz 

Dream of the day when your memory is fickle 

Pine for a time when your mind is made up 

Wonder how long 'fore you're pear-shaped and wrinkled 

Wind up on window-sills all knotted up