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Alannah Myles – Black Velvet – 1989

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    Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell
    Jimmy Rodgers on the Victrola up high
    Mama’s dancin’ with baby on her shoulder
    The sun is settin’ like molasses in the sky
    The boy could sing, knew how to move ev’rything
    Always wanting more, he’d leave you longing for
    Black velvet and that little boy smile
    Black velvet with that slow southern style
    A new religion that’ll bring you to your knees
    Black velvet if you please

    Up in Memphis the music’s like a heat wave
    White Lightnin’ bound to drive you wild
    Mama’s baby’s in the heart of ev’ry school girl
    « Love Me Tender » leaves ’em cryin’ in the aisle
    The way he moved, it was a sin, so sweet and true
    Always wanting more, he’d leave you longing for

    Black velvet and that little boy smile
    Black velvet and that slow southern style
    A new religion that’ll bring you to your knees
    Black velvet if you please

    Ev’ry word of ev’ry song that he sang was for you
    In a flash he was gone, it happened so soon
    What could you do?

    Black velvet and that little boy smile
    Black velvet in that slow southern style
    A new religion that’ll bring you to your knees
    Black velvet if you please

    Black velvet and that little boy smile
    Black velvet in that slow southern style
    A new religion that’ll bring you to your knees
    Black velvet if you please

    If you please
    If you please
    If you please