Valium

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Well, I'm at a motel on the border of Utah and Colorado There's an old John Wayne movie on, or I think it's John Wayne The bride is being carried away on horseback and into the darkening horizon The soft murmur of strings and the lowing of distant cattle Is like Valium for the national conscious [Chorus] Valium Valium In this warmly beating heart In this warmly beating heart [Verse 2] My happiness is touch-and-go Kinda like this motel's HBO I'm sitting here flipping through the channels A presidential debate A split second later, a picture-perfect dinner emerges from an oven That rattle snake never stood a chance against the likes of ol' Annie Oakley [Chorus] Annie Oakley Annie Oakley In this warmly beating heart In this warmly beating heart [Verse 3] Well the night is too silent to sleep So I'm standing now in the dust of the road, contemplating Heaven I must have been lost on some kind of excursion up the Colorado I think her name was Marilyn but I don't remember anything else about her Except that her hair smelled of gunpowder That's it for tonight Signing off, signing off [Chorus] Marilyn Marilyn In this warmly beating heart In this warmly beating heart Valium Valium In this warmly beating heart In this warmly beating heart