Is it the way you're speakin' Is it because I'm peakin' Twistin' your face, thumb in hand but you gotta have your own space to play in A collection of glass chickens Oh Vernie, what a garden you have Maybe its the snuff under your lip Or maybe caramel cake covered in Christmas Oh a flower you are to my land but I 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 you see Roaming through the cupboard jar of pickles never opened since 1983 my Peanuts in a pile and Elvis down the aisle singing gallantly I wish I could be I wish I could be a little more like Vernie I wish I could see I wish I could see a little more like Vernie