Out from the Valleys & Into the Stars - The Veils

I’d had enough of the valley

So I took a walk down to Vincent street

Thinking there might be somebody

Hanging round there that i’d like to meet

But I walked round there for hours

And there was no one that I could see

No one but three gutter flowers

All singing «Oh pretty darling

Move on pretty darling»

So I went back to the valley

And there was still nothing there but weeds

And my girl long, tall Sally

Just said «Baby, it’s all free with me»

So I sailed out to the island

Lay on my back staring at the stars

And they all danced high above me

All singing «Oh pretty darling

Just go home pretty darling»

So I sailed back from the island

And I stood there now just skin and bones

Hoping to say «Hey Sally

Well come on then, let’s give it a go»

But Sally’d gone and got married

So I sat up in that house alone

Looking back out across the valley

And singing «Oh pretty darling

Why’d you run pretty darling?»

Oh pretty darling