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By Paul McCartney and Declan MacManus
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As recorded by Elvis Costello
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IS IT ALL IN THAT PRETTY LITTLE HEAD OF YOURS?
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WHAT GOES ON IN THAT PLACE IN THE DARK?
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WELL, I USED TO KNOW A GIRL AND I WOULD HAVE SWORN
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THAT HER NAME WAS VERONICA.
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WELL, SHE USED TO HAVE A CAREFREE MIND OF HER OWN
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AND A DELICATE LOOK IN HER EYE.
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THESE DAYS, I'M AFRAID, SHE'S NOT EVEN SURE
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IF HER NAME IS VERONICA.
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DO YOU SUPPOSE, THAT WAITING HANDS ON EYES,
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VERONICA HAS GONE TO HIDE?
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AND ALL THE TIME SHE LAUGHS AT THOSE WHO SHOUT HER NAME
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AND STEAL HER CLOTHES.
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VERONICA, VERONICA. (VERONICA, VERONICA)
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DID THE DAYS DRAG BY? DID THE FAVOURS WANE?
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DID HE ROAM DOWN THE TOWN ALL THE TIME?
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WILL YOU WAKE FROM YOUR DREAM, WITH A WOLF AT THE DOOR,
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REACHING OUT FOR VERONICA?
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WELL, IT WAS ALL OF SIXTY-FIVE YEARS AGO,
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WHEN THE WORLD WAS THE STREET WHERE SHE LIVED.
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AND A YOUNG MAN SAILED ON A SHIP IN THE SEA
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WITH A PICTURE OF VERONICA.
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ON THE "EMPRESS OF INDIA",
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AND AS SHE CLOSED HER EYES UPON THE WORLD
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AND PICKED UPON THE BONE OF LAST WEEK'S NEWS,
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SHE SPOKE HIS NAME OUT LOUD AGAIN.
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DO YOU SUPPOSE, THAT WAITING HANDS ON EYES,
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VERONICA HAS GONE TO HIDE?
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AND ALL THE TIME SHE LAUGHS AT THOSE WHO SHOUT HER NAME
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AND STEAL HER CLOTHES.
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VERONICA, VERONICA. (VERONICA, VERONICA)
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VERONICA SITS IN HER FAVOURITE CHAIR
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AND SHE SITS VERY QUIET AND STILL.
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AND THEY CALL HER A NAME THAT THEY NEVER GET RIGHT
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AND IF THEY DON'T THEN NOBODY ELSE WILL.
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BUT SHE USED TO HAVE A CAREFREE MIND OF HER OWN,
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WITH A DEVILISH LOOK IN HER EYE.
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SAYING, "YOU CAN CALL ME ANYTHING YOU LIKE,
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BUT MY NAME IS VERONICA."
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DO YOU SUPPOSE, THAT WAITING HANDS ON EYES,
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VERONICA HAS GONE TO HIDE?
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AND ALL THE TIME SHE LAUGHS AT THOSE WHO SHOUT HER NAME
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AND STEAL HER CLOTHES.
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VERONICA, VERONICA.
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OH -
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OH, OH, OH, VERONICA.
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VERONICA
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| Paul Mccartney |
