Velvet Red

He'd come callin' velvet red
There was a narrow road to that old foot path
Where the briar tangles into the musky dawn
That old abandoned cabin
Was the perfect place for forbidden love to hide
She was the mayor's eldest daughter
She had a taste for the fruit of the vine
And he was a poor boy down in that holler
And made his living on his homemade wine
Velvet red velvet red
He'd come callin' velvet red
Velvet red velvet red
She'd come runnin' velvet red
Don't you know their love grew like the wild flowers do
She'd start to miss him with an awful thirst
And when that sun went down she'd go sneakin' out
He'd be waitin' callin' out to her
Velvet red velvet red
Makin' love on velvet red
Velvet red velvet red
They were drunk on velvet red
There was a child born twenty years ago
To a mother who never wed
And though she gave no name for the father
She called her daughter
Little velvet red
Velvet red velvet red
Mama calls me velvet red
Velvet red velvet red velvet red velvet red
My mama calls me velvet red