[Intro] [distorted electric guitar riff, driving drums, Hammond organ] (Yeah, yeah, Lord have mercy) [Verse 1] [gravelly male vocals] Rain's tapping rhythms on a cold tin lid Searching for the shadow of a secret you hid Tiny paw prints washed by the rising street Nothing but the echo where the dark alleys meet [Chorus] Oh where you wandering, little velvet ghost? Lost in the static, the thing I miss most Midnight is hungry but I'm hungry for you Just a soft faded hum [guitar slide] in the electric blue [Verse 2] The neon sign is flickering, a broken, dying spark Spilling jagged shadows right across the flooded park I thought I saw a flash of gray behind the iron grate Just a trick of headlights turning corners way too late [Chorus] Oh where you wandering, little velvet ghost? Lost in the static, the thing I miss most Midnight is hungry but I'm hungry for you Just a soft faded hum [guitar slide] in the electric blue [Bridge] Past the locked-up playgrounds, down the rusted fire stairs Plastering a face on every lamppost that is there A thousand paper eyes staring back into the dark Searching every alleyway, the streets, the frozen park Just a silhouette in black-and-white, stapled to the wood Asking if you're out there... praying that you could— [Verse 3] Then the back door clicks, a quiet rustle in the dark No more rain on tin lids, no more searching in the park Stepping out of shadows from a hiding place unknown Little velvet paws walking softly back to home Just a casual yawn like you'd never gone away Leaving all the worry to the breaking of the day
