Valerie (Live) - Lauren Spencer Smith

There comes a time in a man's life Where he must take responsibility For the choices he has made There are certain things that he must do Things that he must say Like, I love you And, I need you I only want you And nobody's going to know if it's true I never thought I'd feel this kind of hesitation (To put) My hand on another girl (Ooh) I wish I didn't have to lie I wish I could let you know 'Cause I love you And I need you I only want you And nobody's going to know if it's true Valerie (Oh, Valerie) I know you can see through me (I know you can see through my lies, oh oh) Valerie (Oh Valerie) You just choose to never know (No you just don't know, what I do, what I do) Valerie (Valerie) Why pretend to trust in me? (I don't know why you try to trust in me, baby but I think I might know) Valerie (Oh-oh, Valerie) You'd rather this than be alone (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) 'Cause I love you And I need you I only want you And nobody's going to know if it's true 'Cause I love you And I need you I only want you And nobody's going to know if it's true And I love you ('Cause I love you baby) And I need you (When I need, need) I only want you And nobody gonna know (Oh-ooh)

She walked into the room Like people tend to do when they show up She was only 22 And sick of people telling her to grow up It just gets worse the more you wait And you could easily find a date if you only wanted to You're such a pretty girl From your lavender hair down to your combat boots She tried hard to get that feeling That comes easy to you and I Still, she thought it might be funny To do one selfless deed before she died Valerie She doesn't know how to be like every other girl She's alone in her little world And you can't come in Valerie Standing on the balcony And if you look you could see into her mind But you can't come in And if you never knew nobody Then how'd you ever know that you were lonely? She'd known someone who had And if that's the case then what's the point in knowing She stood there in the open For everyone to see Too proud to ask for anybody's help She had this revelation The sheer amount of work that it would take To be like everybody else But she didn't want them anyways She's no damsel in distress She just sipped her daiquiri And wished she wasn't easily convinced But who were you fooling anyways? You should have guessed You should have known It doesn't matter what they say Some people like to be alone Valerie She doesn't know how to be like every other girl She's alone in her little world And you can't come in Valerie Standing on the balcony And if you look you could see into her mind But you can't come in You can't come in You can't come in No, you can't come in You can't come in You can't come in You can't come in No, you can't come in You can't come in You can't come in You can't come in

You're kinda loud and I kinda like it 'Cause I'm kinda loud, and you don't make me hide it We've even got all our friends thinking we're a match I'm waking up to a text from my mom She said she's obsessed, and she thinks you're the one Even got me thinking that you might be too I got used to second guessing You got used to coming second Just give us a second to unlearn all that we've learned So hey, yell me that you'll stay 'til the end 'Cause I don't wanna go from being lovers just to friends So hey, don't you dare to play pretend 'Cause I don't wanna fall in love to fall back out of love with you again All that I know is what I've seen before 'Cause when I get too much, they just walk out the door I'm scared to commit 'cause I don't know if you could resist You always leave at the first sight of doubt And I can't even blame you when she broke her vows You're scared to commit when nobody's committed to you I got used to second guessing You got used to coming second Just give us a second to unlearn all that we've learned So hey, tell me that you'll stay 'til the end 'Cause I don't wanna go from being lovers just to friends So hey, don't you dare to play pretend 'Cause I don't wanna fall in love to fall back out of love with you again Heartbreak is hard, but loving is harder And giving your heart for probable murder Can we take the risk? So hey, tell me that you'll stay 'til the end 'Cause I don't wanna go from being lovers just to friends So hey, don't you dare to play pretend 'Cause I don't wanna fall in love to fall back out of love with you again

Ditched all of our friends to hang out We would play pretend, like we're already famous You had all the charm, I was young and stupid Thought that it was normal, gettin' treated like shit Every time you had a bad week, you would block me Miss me then you added me back, saying, "Sorry" If it was a part of your plan, then you got me It's really quite incredible (gotta give you credit, though) You always play the victim, used to be convincing You love me when you needed, left when it was easy Heard you're doing great now, journal and you work out Into meditation, oh, congratulations When you gonna call me and give me that apology? There I go again, back livin' in a fantasy I'm tryna figure out what's the real truth Did you really change, or do you just want to? (Fake it) Oh, I don't miss the old you, and I don't like the brand new Acting like you care doesn't make you self aware You always play the victim, used to be convincing You love me when you needed, left when it was easy (oh) Heard you're doin' great now, journal and you work out Into meditation, oh, congratulations When you gonna call me and give me that apology? There I go again, back (livin' in a fantasy) Funny how a fantasy can end up as a tragedy All you ever had to be was someone who was nice to me Gave you every part of me, you took it all so happily (Ooh) You always play the victim, used to be convincing You love me when you needed, left when it was easy (oh-whoa) Heard you're doin' great now, journal and you work out Into meditation, oh, congratulations When you gonna call me and give me that apology? There I go again, back livin' in my fantasy Fantasy, a fantasy (oh-whoa) I'm livin' in a fantasy (congratulations, livin' in a fantasy) Fantasy, a fantasy (oh-whoa) I'm livin' in a, livin' in a fantasy