Valerie

Album: Version (2007)
Charted: 2
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  • All right, it's rolling
    I'm sorry, Charlie Murphy, I was having too much fun

    Well, sometimes I go out by myself
    And I look across the water
    And I think of all the things, what you're doing
    And in my head I paint 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?
    Stop making a fool out of me
    Why don't you come on over, Valerie?

    Valerie
    Valerie
    Valerie

    Did you have to go to jail?
    Put your house on up for sale
    Did you get a good lawyer?
    Hope you didn't catch a tan
    Hope you found the right man who fixed it for you
    Are you shopping anywhere?
    Changed the color of your hair, are you busy?
    And did you have to pay that fine
    That you was dodging all the time
    Are you still busy?

    '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?
    Stop making 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 doing
    And in my head I paint 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?
    Stop making a fool out of me
    Why don't you come on over, Valerie?

    Valerie
    Valerie
    Valerie
    Valerie
    Valerie
    Valerie
    Valerie

    Why don't you come on over, Valerie? Writer/s: Abigail Harding, Boyan Chowdhury, David Alan McCabe, Russell Thomas Pritchard, Sean Francis Caleb Payne
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Doug from California Reggae was around in 66’
  • Matt from LiverpoolYah Allan that's clearly Amy Winehouse remixed with a reggae beat this song is decades ahead of its time if it was 1966 not to mention reggae didn't exist then. The Zutons are the original authors stop spreading crap.
  • Allan from NycAll over the Internet claims that this band originated Valerie. Unlike the name of your site, this So called fact is a myth!!
    I found a much earlier reggae version of this song on YouTube.

    http://youtu.be/7xA-r4EisSY

    It says it was recorded in 66' but to me the reggae sounds more like 70's style reggae. Who wrote this song is still a mystery to me but it definitely WASN'T the Mark Ronson.
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