If You Wear That Velvet Dress

U2 · Pop [1997]

Tonight the moon is playing tricks again

I'm feeling sea sick again

The whole world could just dissolve

Into a glass of water



I've been good 'cause I know you don't want me to

Do you really want me to be blue as you

It's her daylight that gets me through



We've been here before

Last time you scratched at my door

The moon was naked and cold

I was like a two year old

Who just wanted more



If you wear that velvet dress

If you wear that velvet dress



Tonight the moon has drawn its curtains

It's a private show

No one else going to know

I'm wanting



Sunlight, sunlight fills my room

It's sharp and it's clear

But nothing at all like the moon



It's okay, the struggle for things not to say

I never listened to you anyway

And I got my own hands to pray



But if you wear that velvet dress

But if you wear that velvet dress



Tonight the moon is a mirrorball

Light flickers from across the hall

Who'll catch the star when it falls



If you wear that velvet dress