Valerie (See Me) - D. Bell

Valerie's dancing in the room above my bed you know For all of the world below to see Valerie's leaving in a car outside my house you know It's such a shame she's not with me and all the pretty things And all the love my heart could bring I would give my whole life to her Valerie loves me Valerie's riding in a car around my neighborhood She's thinking of all the men she'll meet I could only hope for a stolen moment of her thoughts Between the walk to the club and all the drinks she'll have In a crowded room where everybody leaves too soon I only hope that she remembers me Valerie loves me Valerie loves me Valerie's lonely in an apartment down the street you know And her hair has turned so grey But she's so happy for the memories she has you know She can believe in the day when love was on a string And she could have that anything she ever wanted But she can't have me Valerie loves me

You talking to me like we can't choose To live in the moment I refuse To stop trying to own it, like you always do I try, I wanna stay young, but it's old news Leave me alone in the rearview, I reminisce Will you notice me now Try to cut corners, try to fast-forward Try to get by preoccupied, you're making life shorter So why are you acting, always distracted Thought we were fine, that you were mine or did I imagine? Why can't we get it in the open Why can't you be here in the moment You love to give up, but I keep hoping You see me here, see me now You are looking for something to redo Nobody thinks more than we do Too many options to look through But I see you here Try to cut corners, try to fast-forward Try to get by preoccupied, you're making life shorter So why are you acting, always distracted Thought we were fine, that you were mine, or did I imagine? Why can't we get it in the open Why can't you be here in the moment You love to give up, but I keep hoping You see me here, see me now Why can't we get it in the open Why can't you be here in the moment I'm trying not to give up, yeah, I keep hoping You see me here, see me now Why can't we get it in the open Why can't you be here in the moment I'm trying not to give up, yeah, I keep hoping Why can't we get it in the open Why can't you be here in the moment You love to give up, but I keep hoping See me here, see me now Why can't we get it in the open Why can't you be here in the moment I'm trying not to give up, yeah, I keep hoping You see me here, see me now

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