Old 97's - Valium Waltz lyrics

Valium Waltz Lyrics 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 dobros 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 Denton town 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