"Velvet Jesus" genre: Rock
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	This song is receiving airplay on 92.9, KISM-FM in Bellingham, WA. Please call their toll free request line at 1-800-929-ROCK and ask them to play VELVET JESUS.
	MP3.com CD: Fly Sixty Nine (7 Studio Trax) - buy it! CD: Morris Can Fly I (self-titled)   Label: Morning Wood Music Credits: Produced by Morris Can Fly and Mike Foss. All songs written by Steve Winters.
	Story Behind the Song This song is receiving airplay on 92.9, KISM-FM in Bellingham, WA. Please call their toll free request line at 1-800-929-ROCK and ask them to play it. The song was originally written as a straight rock tune back in 1995. But, in 1998, we put a James Brown-style beat on it, and that's the current version people seem to groove on. During the recording sessions, the producer wanted the lead vocals to "sound a bit like Elvis." At first, nobody in the band like the idea. But, now, the lower, bluesier vocal register seems to give the first verse and chorus a righteous style. Lyrics Once there was a be-boppin' man who could play guitar with one hand tied behind his back. Drove from town to town in a Volkswagen bus and his name was, and his name was Velvet Jesus. Velvet Jesus was a lady's dream Shakin' what he got while the young girls scream But late one night in his dressing room And the critics wrote "too much, too soon." Velvet Jesus Velvet Jesus Don't stand behind me Don't stand behind me Don't stand behind me Don't stand behind me Little Velvet Jesus had one fatal flaw He'd always become what the other people saw But lately in the underground They been gettin' down, gettin' down, gettin' down To the Velvet Jesus sound Velvet Jesus Velvet Jesus Velvet Jesus met a curious fate Turned water into wine but it was much too late Now lately in the underground They been gettin' down, gettin' down, gettin' down To the Velvet Jesus sound. Velvet Jesus Velvet Jesus Velvet Jesus Velvet Jesus.

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