Velvet Switchblade

Red lipstick on her cigarette

She laughs

Says

"You’re in trouble now"

I feel my heartbeat in my neck

When her hand slides down my blouse

She’s got perfume like gasoline

One spark and I’m gone

I’m gone

I taste her cherry nicotine

And forget which side I’m on (oh)

You got a boyfriend?

I got a past

She pulls me closer

Says

"Girl

Relax"

I swing both ways like a velvet switchblade

Cut right through every rule we made

I want her mouth

I want his face

I want the crash of your curves in my space

I swing both ways

Yeah

I bend

I break

Leather and lace in the mess we make

If love’s a crime

Then lock me up

Babe

I swing both ways like a velvet switchblade

She steals my jacket

Wears it cropped

Nothing under but a wicked grin

Says

"Call him up

Tell him to stop"

While she’s crawling on my skin

I’ve been the good girl

Played it straight

Now I color past the lines

Her nails leave halos on my waist

I stop choosing

Start to slide (oh-oh)

She says

"You’re nervous"

I say

"I’m fine"

Her tongue is trouble

Tracing the line

I swing both ways like a velvet switchblade

Cut right through every rule we made

I want her mouth

I want his face

I want the crash of your curves in my space

I swing both ways

Yeah

I bend

I break

Leather and lace in the mess we make

If love’s a crime

Then lock me up

Babe

I swing both ways like a velvet switchblade

Don’t need your boxes

Don’t need your names

I’ll take the spark

I’ll take the flame

Girl in my lap

Boy in my brain

I kiss who I want

And I don’t explain (hey!)

I swing both ways like a velvet switchblade

Cut right through every rule we made

I want her tongue

I want his taste

I want the heat of our hands misbehaved

I swing both ways

Yeah

I bend

I break

Leather and lace in the mess we make

If love’s a crime

Then lock me up

Babe

I swing both ways like a velvet switchblade