[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