Valerie lyrics

(Patti Scialfa)

To the east the 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 skie

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 Alberndee
And I rode the coaster there on the fairground
Twisted backbone of a beast that never heals
And I left some skin on fortune`s wheel

Valerie can you hear those engines drone
I wanted to go to Mexico but
I`m stranded here alone

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

Everything I own, everything I own...