A When you're ready for steady to go dancin', romancin'
Grab your sweetheart and jump in your c E ar
Drive right on down to the bright side of town
You'll be glad you don't have to drive A far
You'll be E happy you don't have to go f A ar
Park your D pickups and Cadilacs, Fords and Renaults
A E A *
And dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz
A Grandmammy, grandpappy if you plan to stay happy
You better lace up your best dancin E shoes
Come see us, don't write us, you can stop your arthritis
Just by dancin' away your A blues
Just by E dancin' away your blu A es
D So bind up your bunions with band-aids and gauze
A E A *
Come dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz
SOLO
A I met a fine banker and I'd sure like to thank him
For the credit he gave me made me s E hout
He changed my whole attitude and to show him ny gratitude
I decided I'd just ask him A out.
Yes I E thought I just might ask her A out
I said D close up your windows, honey, lock up your vaults
A E A *
And dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz
A We spent the next to the last dollar in the old ice cream parlor
On a milkshake and a malt and a E pop
Then we heard us some sounds, there was a honky tonk lounge
Right Next to the ice cream A shop
Next d E oor to the ice cream A shop
Now only D two things are better than milkshakes and malts
A E A *
And one is dancin' like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz
A And the other is somethin', but really it's nothin'
To speak of it's somethin' to E do
If you've done it before, you'll be doin' it some more
Just as soon as the dancin' is A through
E Right after the dancin' is A through
D And if anybody asks you why, just tell it's because
You been A dancin' like the dickens E to the West Texas A Waltz.
>From Flaco Jimenez "Partners"
Warner Brothers Records 1992
Emmylou Harris
