VALENTINO Words and Music by Pamela Phillips Oland There on her dresser, a faded old picture Of one, Valentino, who'd stolen her heart He had escorted her once to a premiere Of something in which she had played a small part Hollywood gossips reported them lovers But they would write anything if they were paid And he went on to being a big movie star But she never made the grade CHORUS: And so she lived within her mind She loved him till the day she died And in her dreams he ran slow-motion toward her With his arms open wide Oh how she lived within her mind She dreamd of how they danced and dined She ran the reel again and again Playing her lines as she did then She earned a living by waiting on tables She worked on the swing shift for thirty-five years And ev'ry Christmas they gave her a bonus She drowned all her sorrows in mem'ries and beers And on his birthday she'd pay him a visit And lovingly placed flowers there on his grave And she never once let any other man take her None did she ever crave CHORUS: Because she lived within her mind She loved him till the day she died And in her dreams he ran slow motion towards her With his arms open wide Oh how she lived within her mind She dreamed of how they danced and dined She ran the reel again and again Playing her lines as she did then There on the beach on a soft windy evening A couple were strolling along in the sand There near the water a woman was lying A dried old carnation was crushed in her hand There on the beach where he loved to go walking She'd fallen to dreaming his arms held her tight And her face wore a trace of a bittersweet smile That faded into the night CHORUS: Oh yes she'd lived within her mind She loved him till the day she died And in her dreams he ran slow motion towards her With his arms open wide Oh how she lived within her mind She dreamed of how they danced and dined She ran the reel again and again Playing her lines as she did then © Pam-O-Land Music (ASCAP)
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