[Verse]
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She wore blue velvet,
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Bluer than velvet was the night,
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Softer than satin was the light from the stars.
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She wore blue velvet
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Bluer than velvet were her eyes,
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Warmer than May her tender sighs..... love was ours.
[Refrain]
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Ours a love I held tightly,
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Feeling the rapture grow,
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Like a flame burning brightly,
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But when she left, gone was the glow...
[Verse]
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...Of blue velvet,
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But in my heart there'll always be,
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Precious and warm, a memory, through the years,
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...And I still can see blue velvet...through my tears.
[Verse]
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She wore blue velvet,
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But in my heart there'll always be,
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Precious and warm, a memory, through the years,
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...And I still can see blue velvet...through my tears.
[Outro]
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