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Valerie
Richard Thompson, from Daring Adventures
G (add 6 in Chuck Berry style)
Valerie--You give me heart attack
Valarie--you put me on the rack
You say that I'm history, you say I'm no good
Then you want to be two babes in the wood
GThat's what DI call Cplaying to the galleEmry
I'm Emwait Dwait Cwaiting for ValeGrie
Valerie--She's got a scar down here
Valerie--She's 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
I'm wait wait waiting for Valerie
I'm Emsoft in the head, I give her hard cash
She Gspends all my money on junk and trash
EmNylon fur, plastic shoes
AAnd fifty-seven things she's never going to use
ANever, never, never going to use
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
I'm wait wait waiting for Valerie
Every time I turn my back
She's round the corner looking for a crack
It's going to be the ruin of me
I'm running on nervous energy
Valerie--she want to move out of town
Valerie--she want the money down
She want leopard-skin this, tigerskin that
Matching luggage, lipstick, hat
I can't afford her on my salary
I'm wait, wait, waiting for Valerie

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Valerie

by Richard Thompson

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

Valerie

Richard Thompson, from Daring Adventures

G (add 6 in Chuck Berry style)

Valerie--You give me heart attack

Valarie--you put me on the rack

You say that I'm history, you say I'm no good

Then you want to be two babes in the wood

G D C Em

That's what I call playing to the gallery

Em D C G

I'm wait wait waiting for Valerie

Valerie--She's got a scar down here

Valerie--She's 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

I'm wait wait waiting for Valerie

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

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

I'm wait wait waiting for Valerie

Every time I turn my back

She's round the corner looking for a crack

It's going to be the ruin of me

I'm running on nervous energy

Valerie--she want to move out of town

Valerie--she want the money down

She want leopard-skin this, tigerskin that

Matching luggage, lipstick, hat

I can't afford her on my salary

I'm wait, wait, waiting for Valerie

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