[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
A bride's being carried away on horseback 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've been laying 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 Annie
Oakley

[Chorus]
Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley
In this warmly beating heart
In this warmly beating heart
[Verse 3]
The night is too quiet to sleep
And so I’m standing now in the dust of the road contemplating
Heaven
I must have been lost on some kind of excursion up through 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