Valerie lyrics

Song information

Artist: Emmylou Harris
Album: Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions

Lyrics

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

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

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