Don't ask for favors
   And don't risk the truth
   My fingers are scissors
   They're cutting you through
  
   Cutting you through
   Cutting you through
   Velvet fog
  
   The bird in my open hand
   Is a captive for life
   Please don't misread now
   We're drinkin' happy tonight
  
   Cutting you through
   Cutting you through
   Velvet fog
  
   (inst.)
  
   And I hear you singin'
   When the pale moon gets down
   Nirvana's on the jukebox
   But Gene Pitney,
   owns this town
   And it's a town without pity
   It's a town without tears
  
   Velvet fog
   Velvet fog
   Velvet fog
   Velvet fog