Tonight the moon is playing tricks again
Feeling sea sick again
An the world could just dissolve
Into a glass of water
I`ve been good `cause I know you don`t want me to
Do you really want me to be as blue as you
It`s her daylight that gets me through
We`ve been here before
Last time you scratched at my door
The moon was naked and cold
I was like a two year old
Who just wanted more
If you wear that velvet dress
If you wear that velvet dress
Tonight the moon has drawn its curtains
It`s a private show no one else going to know
I`m waiting
Sunlight
Sunlight fills my room
It`s sharp and it`s clear
But nothing at all like the moon
It`s okay
The struggle for things not to say
I never listened to you anyway
And I got my own hands to pray
If you wear that velvet dress
If you wear that velvet dress
Tonight the moon is a mirror ball
Light flickers from across the hall
Who`ll catch the star when it falls
If you wear that velvet dress
If you wear that velvet dress
When I look in the mirror I see my dad’s face
Where my face used to be
Then I realize that he was about my age
When he started his own family
Then my radicalism, all my college Marxism
Starts drifting on out to deep sea
When I look in the mirror and I see my dad’s face
Where my face used to be
When I was a kid I used to look at my dad
And I’d say, “This is who I am not.”
He used Bryl-Creem, I used hair spray
He was fat, I was skinny
He drank beer, I smoked pot
But now my feet are disappearing beneath an ocean of beer
And not so mysteriously
When I look at my face I see in its place
My dad’s physiognomy
I used to look at my friends, they looked fifty years older
Some nights when I’d get too stoned
That’s when I believed time was a visible line
With its end and beginning both shown
Now I know that’s not true
But I’ve still got an idea pretty much of what I can expect
When I look in the mirror and I see my dad’s mug
Sitting there right on top of my neck
Well, my dad had it rough, he couldn’t keep his true love
He never reached his sought-after perfection
So as I headed down my own life’s road
I headed straight in the other direction
Now, when I turn around, he’s not so far away
And we’re on the same road, I can see
When I look in the mirror and I see my dad’s face
Where my face used to be
[Intro]
Oh give it
Be my sweet lady sweet lady
Oh I want you to be my lady lady
Oh babe
CHORUS:
Sweet lady
Would you be my
Sweet love for a lifetime
I’ll be there when you need me
Just call and receive me
Now any other day I would play it cool
But I can’t now cuz I want you
See I’m hooked on how you flex your style
And I wanna talk for a little while
I never really seen your type
But I must admit that I kinda like
So maybe if you have the time
We can talk about you and I
(Repeat CHORUS 2 x’s)
Now on the regular I would waste time
But I don’t want to cuz you’re so damn fine
And I heard that you were taken
That don’t have to stop you from makin’
Late night phone calls on the telephone
About your fantasies and how to get it on
When you need me I will be there for you
My Sweet Lady
Repeat CHORUS (2 x’s)
Say you will be my baby
Say you will be my lady
I’ve got to have all your love
So I won’t even front
Just say you’ll give it to me
I don’t wanna hear the maybe’s
And I will give you all my heart
If you say you’ll be my sweet lady
Repeat CHORUS until fade