Black Velvet - Soul of Work



Black Velvet

Robin Lee

Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell

Jimmy Rodgers on the Victrola up high

Mama's dancin', baby on her shoulder

Sun is settin' like molasses in the sky

The boy could sing, knew how to move everything

Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for

Chorus:

Black Velvet in that little boy smile

Black Velvet in 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 cryin' in the aisle

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

Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for

Chorus

Every word of every song that he sang was for you

In a flash and he was gone it happened too soon

What could you do

Chorus

About Robin Lee Irwin:

Born November 7,1953, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. In spite of early glowing praise for her vocal abilities from some critics, Lee has so far failed to establish herself as a top country singer. Between 1983 and 1988, she charted 13 minor Billboard country chart hits, one, "Paint The Town Blue", being a duet with Lobo. Most were on the Evergreen label, but in 1990, her Atlantic recording of "Black Velvet" (a song about Elvis Presley that was a 1990 number 1 hit for Alannah Myles), peaked at number 10. However, she failed to maintain that standard and by the mid-90s she had only managed three more minor chart entries, the last, "Nothin' But You", a modest number 51 in 1991.

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