Velveteen

sweet sweet velveteen

digs her heel in now the pavement's complete

puts on a sneer with a dirty martini

now she's dancing in front of the band

sweet sweet velveteen

walks like a secret that you have to repeat

wets her lips with an amber maybe

now she's dancing in front of the band

such a sweet sweet lie

sweet sweet velveteen

walks like a secret that you hate to repeat

a foreign film she's colored glass

Cinderella playing in the trash

now she's dancing in front of the band

sweet sweet velveteen

digs her heel into the pavement's disease

makes a toast with badfinger's ghost

and she shrugs off his shame borrowed shame

her melancholy scent is money well spent

and she's dancin' in front of the band

people stare

they don't know much but they all know her name they all know

she's such a sweet sweet lie