In the corner of a midnight cafe
Sits a clock with no hands and a price to pay
You walked in like a wandering tune
Wearing heartbreak like a silk monsoon
Your eyes sang blues but your smile wore red
Tales untold and books unread
I raised my glass and the moment froze
Time danced out in jazz repose
Velvet time dont you slip away
Pour me slow like a cabernet
Let the bass walk soft the moon lean in
And I'll fall for you all over again
Velvet time play me one more rhyme
I'm yours for the length of a jazzmans crime
You hum a memory in minor key
Smoky and smooth as reverie
I asked your name you said Tonight
And vanished like smoke in neon light
Now I haunt that cafe like a faded line
Whistling ghosts through every sign
Every sip every note I play
Tastes like the chance that slipped away
Velvet time dont leave me soon
Youre the last slow dance in a smoky tune
Let the night bloom long the moment bend
Let me break where the heart wont mend
So if you see her in a dream one night
Wearing stars and laughing light
Tell her I still play her song
In velvet time where the lost belong