When Walter Went Crazy Songtext
von Drive‐By Truckers

Walter went crazy
She was sitting on the couch painting her toenails and drinking a tab
He walked out of the bedroom with a cigarette in his mouth
He poured gasoline in a circle all around the house

Walter went crazy
He had rattlesnake in his eyes
Blended whisky in his veins
And murder in his heart
She watched him walk out the door and knew he was gone
Matlock on the TV and her mama on the phone

Walter went crazy
They say that he just snapped
It had gone on for so long and she wasn′t coming back
She hadn't been off the couch in at least a dozen years
Deafened by silence and the grinding of the gears


Their friends could see it coming like yellow piss on snow
Like a house fire in the distance
Like a car crash in slo-mo
Their friends could see it coming but what could someone do?
When it′s speeding down the runway and the brake line's cut in two

Walter went crazy
And the house went up in flames
You could see his hands shaking from the bourbon and the shame
He never planned the ending
He just rolled the credit names

When the lights came up we all went home
But never quite the same
When the lights came up we all went home
But never quite the same
When the lights came up we all went home
But never quite the same