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 COULD
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
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 FAVORS WANE
DID HE ROAM DOWN
THE TOWN ALL THE WHILE
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
OUT LOUD AGAIN
DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT
WAITING HANDS
AND EYES
VERONICA
HAS GONE TO HIDE
AND
ALL THE TIME
SHE LAUGHS AT THOSE
WHO SHOUT HER NAME
AND STEAL HER CLOTHES
VERONICA VERONICA
VERONICA SITS
IN HER FAVORITE CHAIR
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 A DEVILISH LOOK
IN HER EYE
SAYIN' YOU CAN
CALL ME
ANYTHING YOU LIKE
BUT MY NAME IS
VERONICA
DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT
WAITING HANDS ON EYES
VERONICA
HAS GONE TO HIDE
AND
ALL THE TIMES
SHE LAUGHS AT THOSE
WHO SHOUT HER NAME
AND STEAL HER CLOTHES
VERONICA VERONICA
OH VERONICA