How could we overlook this so long, when there have been constant reminders of it?

You can hear this original recording at The Internet Archive.


BLUE VELVET
Words and music by Bernie Wayne and Lee Morris.
As recorded by Tony Bennett with Percy Faith and His Orchestra, 1951.

She wore blue velvet; bluer than velvet was the night.
Softer than satin was the light from the stars.
She wore blue velvet; bluer than velvet were her eyes,
Warmer than May her tender sighs; love was ours.
Ours a love I held tightly, feeling the rapture grow
Like a flame burning brightly, but when she left, gone was the glow
Of blue velvet, but in my heart there'll always be
Precious and warm a memory through the years,
And I still can see blue velvet through my tears.

Precious and warm a memory through the years,
And I still can see blue velvet through my tears.

[There were significant covers by The Clovers (1955), The Statues (1959), The Paragons (1960), Bobby Vinton (1963), Lawrence Welk (1963), Tony Bennett and k. d. lang (2011), Lana Del Rey (2012), and The Branford Marsalis Quartet with vocalist Kurt Elling (2016).]