Valerie

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Richard Thompson

Richard John Thompson OBE (born 3 April 1949, Notting Hill, London) is a British songwriter, guitarist and recording and performing musician. Highly regarded for his guitar techniques and strange, darkly-funny lyrics, Thompson was awarded the Orville H. Gibson award for best acoustic guitar player in 1991. Similarly, his songwriting has earned him an Ivor Novello Award and, in 2006, a lifetime achievement award from BBC Radio. Artists who have recorded Thompson's compositions include such diverse talents as Robert Plant, Del McCoury, R.E.M., Bonnie Raitt, Christy Moore, David Gilmour, Mary Black, Elvis Costello, Marshall Crenshaw, The Corrs, Sandy Denny, June Tabor, Joel Fafard, Maria McKee, Shawn Colvin, Norma Waterson, Martin Carthy, Nanci Griffith, Graham … more »

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1994

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Oh, Valerie, you give me heart attack
Oh, Valerie, you put me on the rack
Oh, you say that I'm history, you say I'm no good
Then you want to be two babes in the wood

That's what I call playing to the gallery
Well, I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie

Hey, Valerie, she got a scar down here
Valerie, she got gold in her ear
A figure like this, lips like that
Red fingernails, teeth like a cat

She never gets home till five or four or three
Well, I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie

Well, I'm soft in the head, I give her hard cash
She spends all my money on junk and trash, nylon fur, plastic shoes
And fifty-seven things she's never going to use
Never, never, never going to use
Oh, Valerie, oh, Valerie, oh, Valerie

Well, Valerie, you're going to choke or drown
Valerie, why don't you put that down?

If you don't get over this eating jag
They're going to take you home in a body bag
I can't stand to see one more calorie
Well, I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie

Now every time I turn my back
She's 'round the corner, looking for a crack
It's going to be the ruin of me
Well, I'm running on nervous energy
Running on nervous energy

Oh, Valerie, she want to move out of town
Valerie, she want the money down

She want leopard-skin this, tiger-skin that
Matching luggage, lipstick, hat
I can't afford her on my salary
Still I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie

I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie
I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie
Valerie, oh, Valerie, well

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