Lyric

In the house of sugar bones

She keeps a jar of golden thorns

Lace on the stair, cold cream moon

And a grin that spoils the room

Black cat sleepin' by the door

One eye on the cellar floor

She stirs the tea with a pearl-hand spoon

Then she hums at the cracked full moon

She says, baby, come a little near

I've got a trick for your worry and fear

One soft step and you're all mine

Like a cherry lost in wine

The Witch's velvet laugh

Velvet laugh

It cuts, then it kisses your path

She says, come on in

Then she vanishes again

The Witch's velvet laugh

Velvet laugh

Sugar walls and a licorice gate

Boots tap-tap on the garden slate

She leaves her lipstick on the glass

Like a clue that knows the past

A spoonful grin, a teaspoon of gloom

Dancing slow through the parlor room

She sways like she already knows

Where the bad luck blooms and grows

She says, baby, come a little near

I've got a trick for your worry and fear

One soft step and you're all mine

Like a cherry lost in wine

The Witch's velvet laugh

Velvet laugh

It cuts, then it kisses your path

She says, come on in

Then she vanishes again

The Witch's velvet laugh

Velvet laugh

Oh, I saw her near the mirror pane

Wearing trouble like a silk bouquet

She winked, and the room went still

Like a coin on a windowsill

The Witch's velvet laugh

Velvet laugh

It cuts, then it kisses your path

She says, come on in

Then she vanishes again

The Witch's velvet laugh

Velvet laugh

It sweetens the dark in half

The Witch's velvet laugh

Velvet laugh