When you're ready or 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, 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 go 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 doh,
"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

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

Grandmammy, grandpappy,
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 bunnions with band-aids and gauze,
And come dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz
Oh yeah

Intrumental Break

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 a 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,
At 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,
Next door 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
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