Velvet Red

Velvet red, velvet red

He'd come callin', velvet red

There was a narrow road to that old foot path

Where the briar tangles into the musky dawn

And that old abandoned cabin

Was the perfect place for forbidden love to hide

She was the mayor's eldest daughter

She had a taste for the fruit of the vine

And he was a poor boy down in that holler

And made his living on his homemade wine

Velvet red, velvet red

He'd come callin', velvet red

Velvet red, velvet red

She'd come runnin', velvet red

Don't you know their love grew like the wild flowers do?

She'd start to miss him with an awful thirst

And when that sun went down, she'd go sneakin' out

And he'd be waitin', callin' out to her

Velvet red, velvet red

Makin' love on velvet red

Velvet red, velvet red

They were drunk on velvet red

There was a child born twenty years ago

To a mother who never wed

And though she gave no name for the father

She called her daughter Little Velvet Red

Velvet Red, Velvet Red

Mama calls me Velvet Red

Velvet Red (Velvet Red), Velvet Red (Velvet Red)

My mama calls me Velvet Red