Black Velvet - Sandi Thom

Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell

Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high

Mama’s dancing with baby on her shoulder

The sun is setting like molasses in the sky

The boy could sing, knew how to move, everything

Always wanting more, he’d give you longing for

Black velvet and that little boy’s 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 heatwave

White lightning, bound to drive you wild

Mama’s baby in the heart of every schoolgirl

«Love me tender"leaves 'em crying in the aisle

The way he moved, it was a sin, so sweet and true

Always wanting more, he’d give you longing for

Black velvet and that little boy’s smile

Black velvet with that slow southern style

A new religion that’ll bring you to your knees

Black velvet if you please

Every song, every word that he sang was so surely

In a flash he was gone, it happened so soon

What could you do?

Black velvet and that little boy’s smile

Black velvet with 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’s smile

Black velvet with that slow southern style

A new religion that’ll bring you to your knees

Black velvet if you please, yeah