- Once I could have held you
And never let you go
Now I see you calling me back
And I really do not know
"Velveteen, I want you back." - Things change and people change
And my mind just gets hazy
I truly thought I knew you
How wrong can you be
"Velveteen, I want you back." - CHORUS: Velveteen (×5)
- Well it's been a while
And things have been wild
But I've learnt to smile
Yeah now I smile - I can't spend my life
Waiting to get hurt
When you pay the price
You own the dirt - But I still think of you
Yeah I think of you
Think of you - Do you think of me
Think of me
Like I think of you - Well the days go by
And the wheels still turn
When the night comes down
The fire still burns - And the mind is strong
But the heart it yearns
Then the pain was gone
But it's now returned - "Velveteen, I want you back
Velveteen, I want you back." - It was deep in the night
When he came through my door
He came to my room
At the end of the hall - He leant over the bed
And kissed my forehead
He brushed the hair from my eyes
And then began to slide... - Slide his hand down
Underneath the sheets
'Till he reached my waist
He didn't waste no time - He put his hand on my thigh
He put his thoughts in my mind
And I drowned in his eyes
As we began to slide... - Then he whispered soft
Like the sea in a shell
"Yeah I been away
Where I been I can't tell - But I got something for you
Yeah it's a memory
Hey Velveteen
Do you remember me..." - "Hey yeah I remember
I remember you
Hey yeah I remember
Remember you" - "You know I really want you
Yeah I love you too
You know I really want you
Velveteen." - "But you don't really love me
I know you say you do
But you never really loved me
Loved me true." - "I swear I really love you
I swear I want you too
I swear I really love you
Velveteen." - CHORUS: Velveteen (×4)
- Now the past is back
Knocking on my door
Breathing passion
Declaring all - Shining like a ring
With a hidden curse
Sayin' the same things
Just in different words - "I want you back."
Velveteen
"I want you back." - CHORUS: Velveteen (×12)
- "Velveteen
I'm here for you - Velveteen
Always yours - You will be mine
Until the day..."
Dreamstory, Chapter Three: Unitarian Church
UNITARIAN CHURCH
Barnstable Patriot, May 23, 1968
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Speaker for the 11 a.m. service of the Unitarian Church May 26 will be Louis Jacobucci, executive director of MSPCC, who has been chairman of the social concerns committee of the church and is chairman of the prudential committee. Among other activities are membership in Hyannis Rotary; he is also vice president of Cape Cod Community Council and chairman of Community Action Committee of Cape Cod.
"So, look. Miss Andrews."
"Yes."
"You understand this is a very serious charge to bring against anyone."
"Yes."
"Let alone your own brother."
"Yes."
"It never happened."
"Well, actually, it kind of totally did."
"You are deluded."
"Well, that may be, but I would submit that my mental health history is a result of having stuff like that done to me in the first place."
"You lie."
"I don't, actually. In fact, this is the first...
Dreamstory, Chapter One: What Happens At The End
By Velveteen Andrews
"What?!"
"I didn't say anything."
"How can you say such a thing?"
"I'm not going through this again."
"What do you mean?"
"All this -- denial. I'm done. I'm just going to say exactly what happened as I remember it."
"It never happened!"
"The reason I know it happened is that I renember it. I was eight years old. My brother was twelve years old. I was able to recover the date because I remember at some point in the week preceding the event, our father for some reason had told us, I'm going to be speaking at the Unitarian Church this Sunday at 11:00. It did not seem weird to me at the time, because he was always out of the house anyway. Plus all he used to when he was home was harangue me, so good."
"You lie."
"In fact, I remember thinking, it made sense that he would get something going on Sundays, because that was the only time he was ever even around anymore. Weekdays he was working, of course, and weeknights he was always at one of his many, many important community ...
