How I hate to hear them call you Ronnie.

When Veronica is your name.

You always look  just like a lady.

I always thought that it was a shame.

What's in a name? What's in a name?

It always seemed so important to me.

It always seemed so important to me.

No more Ronnie. No more Ronnie.

You'll always be Veronica to me

Seemed so wrong to call you by a man's name,

Maybe it was your dad's name too.

Through your childhood you were always known as Ronnie.

Just seemed worse the more the more you grew.

So the day came when we'd run away together

Veronica and me.

I said that I would never call you Ronnie.

She said Veronica she'd always be.