Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt - Valerie lyrics
Emmylou Harris [Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.] 🇺🇸
[Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt - Valerie lyrics]
To the east the factories stand
Like fire-breathing dragons against the sky
And from their throats, a scarlet river
Burns it'self 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 fortune's 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
Everything I own everything I own
Like fire-breathing dragons against the sky
And from their throats, a scarlet river
Burns it'self 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 fortune's 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
Everything I own everything I own