This Velvet Glove - Red Hot Chili Peppers

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[INTRO]

         
         
          
         


[VERSE]

           
 Close to my s


kin
            
 I'm falling i


n
             
 Someone who's

        
 been
           
 Sitting by th

   
e phone
          
 I'm left alon

e
            
 In another zo

     
ne
           
 John says to 

         
live above hel


l
             
 My will is we

     
ll
        
 No one is wai

ting 
          
 For me to fai

l
             
 My will could

    
 sail, yeah


[INTERLUDE]

         
         
          
         


[VERSE]

           
 It's such a w

            
aste to be was

           
ted in the fir

st place
            
 I want to tas

             
te the taste o

            
f being face t

            
o face with co

mmon grace
           
 To meditate o

            
n the warmest 

  
dream
           
 And when I wa

            
lk alone I lis

           
ten to our sec

ret theme


[CHORUS]


 You solar eye

s are like

 Nothing I hav

e ever seen

 Somebody clos

e

 That can see 

right through

 I'd take a fa

ll and you kno

w

 That I'd do a

nything
            
 I will for yo


u.


[INTERLUDE]

         
         


[VERSE]

       
 Sailing for t

    
he sun
            
 'Cause there 

    
is one
             
 Knows where I

         
'm from
          
 I care for yo


u
         
 I really do
           
 I really do

    
          
 Come closer n


ow
           
 So you can li


e
             
 Right by my s

      
ide
           
 Sit alone in 

     
the sun
            
 I wrote a let

        
ter to you
             
 Getting over 

      
my self, yeah


[INTERLUDE]

         


[CHORUS]


 You solar eye

s are like

 Nothing I hav

e ever seen

 Somebody clos

e

 That can see 

right through

 I'd take a fa

ll and you kno

w

 That I'd do a

nything
            
 I will for yo


u.


 Your solar ey

es are like

 Nothing I hav

e ever seen

 Somebody clos

e

 That was made

 for you

 I'd take a fa

ll and you kno

w

 That I'd do a

nything
            
 I will for yo


u.


[INTERLUDE]

         
         


[CHORUS]
           
 Close to my s


kin
            
 Someone who's

  
 been
             
 I'm falling i

     
n
         
 Disasters are
            
 Just another 

  
star
             
 Falling in my

        
 yard
           
 John says to 

         
live above hel


l
             
 My will is we

     
ll
         
 Long to be wi

th
            
 Someone to te


ll
             
 I love your s

 
mell

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