Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell.
Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high.
Mama’s dancin’ with a baby on her shoulder.
The 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.

Black velvet and that little boy’s smile.
Black velvet with that slow southern style.
A new religion that’ll bring ya 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’s in the heart of every school girl.
“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.

Black velvet and that little boy’s smile.
Black velvet with that slow southern style.
A new religion that’ll bring ya to your knees.
Black velvet if you please.

Every word of every song that he sang was for you.
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 ya 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 ya to your knees.
Black velvet if you please.

If you please.
If you please.
If you please.

So many nights I’d sit by my window
Waiting for someone to sing me his song.
So many dreams I kept deep inside me
Alone in the dark but now you’ve come along.
And you light up my life
You give me hope to carry on.
You light up my days
And fill my nights with song.
Rollin’ at sea adrift on the waters
Could it be finally I’m turning for home
Finally a chance to say, “Hey, I Love You”
Never again to be all alone.
And you light up my life,
You give me hope, to carry on.
You light up my days
And fill my nights with song.
You, You light up my life
You give me hope to carry on
You light up my days
And fill my nights with song
It can’t be wrong, when it feels so right
‘Cause you, you light up my life.

A hand above the water
An angel reaching for the sky
Is it raining in heaven
Do you want us to cry?

And everywhere the broken-hearted
On every lonely avenue
No-one could reach them
No-one but you

One by one
Only the Good die young
They’re only flying too close to the sun
And life goes on
Without you…

Another Tricky Situation
A get to drowin’ in the Blues
And I find myself thinkin’
Well – what would you do?

Yes! – it was such an operation
Forever paying every due
Hell, you made a sensation
You found a way through – and

One by one
Only the Good die young
They’re only flyin’ too close to the sun
We’ll remember
Forever…

And now the party must be over
I guess we’ll never understand
The sense of your leaving
Was it the way it was planned?

And so we grace another table
And raise our glasses one more time
There’s a face at the window
And I ain’t never, never sayin’ goodbye…

One by one
Only the Good die young
They’re only flyin’ too close to the sun
Cryin’ for nothing
Cryin’ for no-one
No-one but you