I was one as you were one   And we were two so much in love forever   I loved the white socks that you wore   But you don't wear white socks no more, now you're a woman   I joked about your turned-up nose   And criticized your school girl clothes   But would I then have paced these roads to love you   For seasons come and seasons go   Bring forth the rain the sun and snow   Make Valerie a woman   And Valerie is lonely      No more to roam on the snow hills of Hienton   Undecided with the guardians of the older generation   A doormat was a sign of welcome   In the winter months to come   And in the summer laughing   Through the castle ruins we'd run      For the quadrangle sang to the sun   And the grace of our feeling   And the candle burned low as we talked of the future   Underneath the ceiling   There were tears in the sky   And the clouds in your eyes were just cover   For your thighs were the cushions   Of my love and yours for each other   The songs still are sung   It was fun to be young   But please don't be sad where `ere you are      I am who I am   You are who you are   Now Valerie's a woman   Now Valerie's a woman   Now Valerie's a woman