B To the east the factories stand
Like fire-breathing dragons F# against the sky
And B from their throats a scarlet river
Burns itself into smoky F# lullabies
Over E neon and fluorescent skies Valerie,
Can you hear those engines drone
I B wanted to go to Mexico
But I'm F# stranded here alone
And E once I knew a true love
It's been three years since he's gone
And B if I could get that feeling back
I'd F# give up everything I E own B
B 16 days since I left Corona
And I traveled to this carnival town near F# Alberndee
And I B rode the coaster there on the fairground
Twisted backbone of a beast that F# never heals
And I E left some skin on fortune's wheel
Valerie, can you hear those engines drone
I B wanted to go to Mexico
But I'm F# stranded here alone
And E once I knew a true love
It's been three years since he's gone
And B if I could get that feeling back
I'd F# give up everything I E own B
E Everything's in slow motion now
F# In this little border town
E I've come so close from so F# far
E Just to hide behind these windows here
F# >From the world outside
I E watch those cars and trucks raise trails of dust
F# Down the road as they pass by E Valerie,
can you hear those engines drone
I B wanted to go to Mexico
But I'm s F# tranded here alone
And E once I knew a true love
It's been three years since he's gone
And B if I could get that feeling back
I'd F# give up everything I E own B
Everything I E own B
Everything I E own B
>From "Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions"
Asylum Records 1999
Rumble Doll Music(ASCAP_
Emmylou Harris
