Veronica Lyrics by Elvis Costello

Veronica Lyrics

    Is it all in that pretty little head of yours?
    What goes on in that place in the dark?
    Well i used to know a girl and i would have
    Sworn that her name was veronica
    Well she used to have a carefree mind of her
    Own and a delicate look in her eye
    These days i'm afraid she's not even sure if her name is veronica

    Chorus:

    Do you suppose, that waiting hands on eyes,
    Veronica has gone to hide?
    And all the time she laughs at those who shout her name and steal her clothes
    Veronica
    Veronica

    Did the days drag by? did the favours wane?
    Did he roam down the town all the time?
    Will you wake from your dream, with a wolf at
    The door, reaching out for veronica
    Well it was all of sixty-five years ago
    When the world was the street where she lived
    And a young man sailed on a ship in the sea
    With a picture of veronica

    On the "empress of india"
    And as she closed her eyes upon the world and
    Picked upon the bones of last week's news
    She spoke his name outloud again

    Chorus

    Veronica sits in her favourite chair and she sits
    Very quiet and still
    And they call her a name that they never get
    Right and if they don't then nobody else will
    But she used to have a carefree mind of her
    Own, with devilish look in her eye
    Saying "you can call me anything you like, but
    My name is veronica"

    Chorus

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