here in the evening garden
watching through he blinds
moving across the window
you avoid my eyes
wearing thin my

Chorus
Velveteen
Velveteen
Velveteen
don't want to be
Velveteen
Velveteen
Velveteen

the screen door slowly opens
love won't be denied
your hand reaches for me
thread bare comes alive
when you realize ...

- Chorus -

Bridge
I have superstitions, unobtainable visions
of how that you want me to feel
but the wounds from the loving
can turn velvet to real

[ Instrumental-Bridge ]

but the wounds from the loving
can turn velvet to real

[ Instrumental-Bridge ]

- Chorus (2x) -

yeah

take away my velveteen
my velveteen
yeah
take away my velveteen
my velveteen
yeah