Valerie - Steve Winwood

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

Well, sometimes I go out by myself And I look across the water And I think of all the things, what you do And in my head, I make a picture 'Cause since I've come on home Well, my body's been a mess And I've missed your ginger hair And the way you like to dress Won't you come on over? And stop makin' a fool out of me Why don't you come on over Valerie? Valerie Did you have to go to jail? Put your house up on for sale Did you get a good lawyer? I hope you didn't catch a tan I hope you'll find the right man Who'll fix it for ya Are you shoppin' anywhere? Changed the color of you hair, are you busy? And did you have to pay the fine You were dodging all the time, are you still dizzy? Yeah, 'cause since I've come on home Well, my body's been a mess And I've missed your ginger hair And the way you like to dress Won't you come on over? And stop makin' a fool out of me Why don't you come on over Valerie? Valerie Valerie Valerie Well, sometimes I go out by myself And I look across the water And I think of all the things, what you're doin' And in my head I make a picture 'Cause since I've come on home Well, my body's been a mess And I've missed your ginger hair And the way you like to dress Won't you come on over? And stop makin' a fool out of me Why don't you come on over Valerie? Valerie Valerie Valerie Yeah, Valerie

Time they call the universal healer But you're back every three days, settling all around me A feather duster's no substitute for the real thing And the dust you left behind is settling still With you dawn never tasted so good Swept up like debris on a Saturday night, did we ever have fun? The dust, the gentle legacy You left behind Is falling softly on my mind Dust, the timeless memory of you I love you, I do for all the little things you do And I guess I always will The dust settles again to remind me still Of a memories I've cherished so long Hold me close to your side 'Cause my love won't decay anymore Memories of hope of those long summer days And the dust you left behind is settling still With you dawn never tasted so good Swept up like debris on a Saturday night, did we ever have fun? And the dust, the gentle legacy, You left behind Is falling softly on my mind Dust, the timeless memory of you I love you, I do for all the little things you do And I guess I always will The dust settles again to remind me still Of a memories I've cherished so long Feeling your body stretched so long What was it, went so wrong? That our love, our love it was gone, oh it was gone But our friendship going strong, gone strong, so much strong, oh Going strong, going strong, oh Feeling your body stretched so long, stretched so long What was it, went so wrong, went wrong That our love, that our love it was gone, gone, gone, gone But our friendship going strong, gone strong Going strong, going strong, going strong

Different light Searching for the truth I find That I am running quite short of time And I am no longer certain of my destiny Different light Things that I once thought were right Are now reflected in a different light\ And it seemed that I overlooked a part of me I had overlooked a part of me I was escaping my reality Different light Searching for the truth I find Is that what I thought was peace of mind? It was only me escaping my reality I had overlooked a part of me I was escaping my reality I had questioned my philosophy So that I can see the truth in me Searching for the truth I found out what I thought would be Peace of mind Things that should've stayed the same Are prone to change Now I've seen a little light I had overlooked a part of me I was escaping my reality I have questioned my philosophy So that I could see the truth in me Different Light I had overlooked a part of me I was escaping my reality And I have questioned my philosophy So that I could see the truth in me

Think about it There must be a higher love Down in the heart and in the stars above Without it Life is wasted time Look inside your heart, I'll look inside of mine Things look so bad everywhere In this world, what's fair? We walk blind and we try to see Falling behind in what could be Bring me a higher love Bring me a higher love Bring me a higher love Where's this higher love I've been thinking of? World's a-turnin' We're just hanging on Facing our fears standing out there alone Oh we're yearning, and it's real for me There must be someone who's feeling for me Things look so bad everywhere In this world, what's fair? We walk blind and we try to see Falling behind in what could be Bring me a higher love Bring me a higher love Bring me a higher love Where's this higher love I've been thinking of? I will wait for it I'm not too late for it Until then, I'll sing my song To cheer the night along I can light the night up with my soul on fire I can make the sun shine from pure desire Let me feel the love come over me Let me feel how strong it can be Bring me a higher love Bring me a higher love Bring me a higher love I could rise above for this higher love