Kathy Mar - Velveteen Lyrics
C FMaj7 G E7When I was born and taken home all snuggled close and warm Am Dm Dsus4 GI didn't know at all that there were defects in my form C Dm E7 AmThe years and all they brought to me have left their marks behind Dm C G CBut if someone can love me still I'm sure that I won't mind Dm C E7 Am I can only wish someone will know just how I feel F C G CAnd love me when I'm shabby, quite enough to make me realI've often heard the stories of the ones that love made realAnd often I have thought that I would someday learn to feelI sit here only watching at the borders of my lifeAnd the fear of never being loved has pierced me like a knifeI can only wish someone will know just how I feelAnd love me when I'm shabby, quite enough to make me realNow someone special in my life has made my wish occurIn spite of my misshapen form and shabby worn-out furI know that I am loved each time I see that someone's eyesThey tell me I am real in ways that nothing can disguiseAnd I have got my wish for someone who knows just how I feelHe's loved me, though I'm shabby, quite enough to make me realNow all you ladies worried 'cause your shape is not quite trueAnd all you men with loved-off fur and scalp that's showing throughAnd all you minds with failing seams and fear where all can seeTake heart from this true lesson from a worn-out shabby meAnd I can only hope that someone will know just
