"Velvet Ring"
    Big Thief

Chilled
  in
the
 kitchen
of
  a
  city
tomb

The
   light
   would
flicker
like
a
violent
  womb

  The
night
 was
thicker
than
   a
  smoky
fume

Eliza
 waited
  in
her
room

 Ben,
    he
  loved
her
  like
  he
 loved
no
one

The
  way
   she
laughed
   and
held
  a
smoking
 gun

The
  way
    she
always
      said

"What's
  done
     is
  done"

  And
 he
  is
  not
  the
 only
one

Love
  is
   a
gentle
thing

Yours
    is
  thicker
than
a
velvet
ring

Yours
    is
  thicker
than
a
velvet
ring

  A
victim
here
  with
    a
  sharp,
 sharp
blade

And
  Ben,
      he
  knew
  how
  she
   was
getting
  paid

  Her
water
broke,
   and
  they
  would
have
   to
wait

And
when
     he
knew
that
 she
  was
   fooling

   He
faced
 the
  mirror
  to
avoid
  the
thing

We're
  out
  of
money,
  and
we've
sold
  the
  bling

And
   I
 just
wanna
  take
  you
 home

   I
 just
wanna
  take
  you
home

Love
  is
   a
gentle
thing

Yours
    is
  thicker
than
a
velvet
ring

Yours
    is
  thicker
than
a
velvet
ring

And
I'm
wondering

Ring

And
I'm
wondering