West Texas Waltz

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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 Cadilacs, Fords and Renaults 
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And dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz 
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Grandmammy, grandpappy if you plan to stay happy 
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You better lace up your best dancin shoes 

Come see us, don't write us, you can stop your arthritis 
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Just by dancin' away your blues 
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Just by dancin' away your blues 
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So bind up your bunions with band-aids and gauze 
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Come dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz 

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I met a fine  banker and I'd sure like to thank him 
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For the credit he gave me made me shout 

He changed my whole attitude and  to show him ny gratitude 
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I decided I'd just ask him out. 
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Yes I thought I just might ask her out 
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I said close up your windows, honey, lock up your vaults 
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And dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz 
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We spent the next to the last dollar in the old ice cream parlor 
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On a milkshake and a malt and a pop 

Then we heard us some sounds, there was a honky tonk lounge 
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Right Next  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, you'll be doin' it some more 
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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 it's because 
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You been dancin' like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz.