Girl In The Blue Velvet Band Songtext
von The Del McCoury Band

One night, while out for a ramble
The hour just about nine
I met a young maiden in Frisco
On the corner of Cherry and Pine
On her face, there was beauty of nature
And her eyes that seemed to expand
With hair so rich and so brilliant
Entwined in a blue velvet band


We strolled in the street together
In my pocket, she placed her small hand
She planted the evidence on me
The girl in the blue velvet band
I heard the scream of the siren
And the girl in the blue velvet band
She left me to face all the trouble
For a diamond that was worth ten grand

And the night when bedtime was ringing
Standing close to the bars
I fancy I heard a voice called
Far out on the ocean of stars
They sent me to San Quintin for stealing
God knows I′m an innocent man
But the guilty one, now she lies dying
The girl in the blue velvet band


I'll be out here in a year, then I′m leaving
And I'll carry the name of a man
That served ten years in prison
For the girl in the blue velvet band
And when I get out, I'll endeavor
To live in some other land
And I′ll bid farewell to old Frisco
And the grave of my blue velvet band