Cover art for Vernie by Blind Melon

Vernie

Blind Melon
Track 3 on Soup 

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Aug. 15, 19951 viewer

Vernie Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Is it the way you're speakin'?
Is it because I'm peakin'?
Twistin' your face, thumb in hand

[Chorus]
But you gotta have your own space to play in
A collection of glass chickens
Oh, Vernie, what a garden you have

[Verse 2]
Maybe its the snuff under your lip
Or maybe caramel cake covered in Christmas
Oh, a flower, you are, to my land
But I-

[Chorus]
No, I cannot deny the beauty
If I had a heart, I would want it to be like Vernie's
Oh, what a heart that she has


[Outro]
Roaming through the cupboard
Jar of pickles never opened since 1983
Peanuts in a pile
And Elvis down the aisle, singing gallantly
I wish I could be, I wish I could be, I wish I could be
I wish I could be, I wish I could be a little more like Vernie
Oh, I wanna be
I wanna be a little more like Vernie

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“Vernie” is the third track on 1995’s “Soup”.

The lyrics are about Shannon’s grandmother.

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Recorded At
Kingsway Studios, New Orleans
Release Date
August 15, 1995
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