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