Green Velvet

Green velvet, green velvet

Won't you please let me run away

'Cause I'm tellin', I'm tellin' you now

That I can't live this way

My baby, my baby

Everyday, says she's gonna leave

But there's somethin', there's somethin'

About a deck of cards and a velvet green

Some things a man can't let go

Sometimes, you just need somethin' to hold

Volcano, volcano

Gettin' ready to spill

And I'm standin', I'm standin'

Right on the side of that hill

My family, my family

Has owned this land

For a hundred years

Come ashes, come lava

Don't give a damn, I'm stayin' here

Some things a man can't let go

Sometimes, you just need somethin' to hold

I'm a fighter, I'm a fighter

I'm standin' up in my final round

I'm tired, I'm tired

Lord, I know that I ain't going down

Well, my father, my father

Looked me in the eye with his final word

"Stand strong and stand tall till the sun goes down behind that crooked earth"

Some things a man can't let go

Sometimes, you just need somethin' to hold