written by Patti Scialfa   © Rumble Doll Music (ASCAP)      To the east the factories stand    Like fire breathing dragons against the sky   And from their throats a scarlet river   Burns itself into smoky lullabies   Over neon and fluorescent skies      Valerie can you hear those engines drone   I wanted to go to Mexico    But I'm stranded here alone   And once I knew a true love   It's been three years since he's gone   And if I could get that feeling back   I'd give up everything I own      Sixteen days since I left Corona   And I traveled to this carnival town near Alberndeel   And I rode the coaster there on the fairground   Twisted backbone of a beast that never heals   And I left some skin on fortune's wheel      Valerie can you hear those engines drone   I wanted to go to Mexico    But I'm stranded here alone   And once I knew a true love   It's been three years since he's gone   And if I could get that feeling back   I'd give up everything I own      Everything's in slow motion now    In this little border town   I've come so close from so far   Just to hide behind these windows here    From the world outside   I watch those cars and trucks raise trails of dust   Down the road as they pass by      Valerie can you hear those engines drone   I wanted to go to Mexico    But I'm stranded here alone   And once I knew a true love   It's been three years since he's gone   And if I could get that feeling back   I'd give up everything I own   Everything I own   Everything I own