Valerie Lyrics - Emmylou Harris

Valerie (By Patti Scialfa) 

Valerie 

To the east and factories stand like fire breathing dragons against the sky. 

And from their throats a scarlet river burns itself into smoky lullabies. 

Over neon and fluorescent skies. 

VALERIE CAN YOU HEAR THOSE ENGINES DRONE. 

I WANTED TO GO TO MEXICO BUT I'M STRANDED HERE ALONE. 

AND ONCE I KNEW A TRUE LOVE IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE HE'S GONE. 

AND IF I COULD GET THAT FEELING BACK I'D GIVE UP EVERYTHING I OWN. 

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Sixteen days since I left corona and I traveled to this carnival town near Alberndeel. 

And I rode the coaster there on the fairground. Twisted backbone of a beast that never heals. And I left some skin on fortunes wheel. 

VALERIE CAN YOU HEAR THOSE ENGINES DRONE. 

I WANTED TO GO TO MEXICO BUT I'M STRANDED HERE ALONE. 

AND ONCE I KNEW A TRUE LOVE IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE HE'S GONE. 

AND IF I COULD GET THAT FEELING BACK I'D GIVE UP EVERYTHING I OWN. 

Everything's in slow motion now in this little border town. 

I've come so close from so far. 

Just to hide behind these windows here from the world outside. 

I watch those cars and trucks raise trails of dust down the road as they pass by. 

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VALERIE CAN YOU HEAR THOSE ENGINES DRONE. 

I WANTED TO GO TO MEXICO BUT I'M STRANDED HERE ALONE. 

AND ONCE I KNEW A TRUE LOVE IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE HE'S GONE. 

AND IF I COULD GET THAT FEELING BACK I'D GIVE UP EVERYTHING I OWN.