Key: D
Introduction:
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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
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Ours a love I held tightly, 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
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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