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