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