Valerie

Got an old smiths’ record
and i put it on endlessly.
to mourn a lethal fascination
with a girl named valerie.
she got a xxx rating
and maybe someday she’d have married me.
but, she was born to keep me waiting.
her name was valerie.
With a little more time, i was thinking
we could’ve worked my hooks into you.
Over a recent complication
i came to find that she’d tired of me.
she wrote the book of revelations.
her name was valerie.
With a little more time, i was thinking
we could’ve worked my life around you.
with a little more time…