Valerie Plame - The Decemberists

Oh Valerie Plame

If that really is your name

I would just shout the same

To the world

Dear Valerie Plame

So they made a wreck of you

But give me the rest of you

And I’ll give the world

But you were just some silly girl

Taking in the sights of your empire’s colony

So I took you into my confidence

Without a thought of consequence

To my heart or to my mind

But Valerie Plame

If that really is your name

I would just shout the same

To the world

La da da de da (x4)

Oh Valerie Plame

If that really is your name

I would just shout the same

From on high

Dear Valerie Plame

I’ll look for that long exchange

Outside of the Bureau Change

In Shanghai

But I was just some stupid boy on a bus

When your nom de guerre was Codename Caroline

And so my Vespa became your chariot

From the Green Zone Marriott

To be etched upon my mind

But Valerie Plame

If that really is your name

I would just shout the same

To the world

And when they flashed your picture 'cross the screen

How my heart seemed to leap out of me

And they attached a list of your identities

But the one you’ll always be

Is Valerie Plame

If that really is your name

I would just shout the same

To the world

Valerie Plame

If that really is your name

I would just shout the same

To the world

La da da.

hey hey Valerie Plame (x3)