(or go up four half steps, obviously) 
      
                          
Sugarplum fairies on parade 
 
The smiling dolls wield the sharpest blade 
 
Candyfloss pink the sequins whirl 
 
Beneath a serpent ready to uncurl 
 
                                      
A dealer playing with my state of mind 
 
Roulette wheel the colors were entwined 
 
Black and white Russians were prepared 
 
She staked her claim to the lions share 
 
                           
Dressed in velvet in the limelight 
                            
She beckoned me from marble stairs 
                       
Long ago with all the dreamers 
                        
I fell into her emerald spell 
A thousand silver songs that filled the air 
Rosary the worry beads of care 
I should have understood 
The queen of hearts 
Played to win right from the start 
Dressed in velvet in the limelight 
She beckoned me from marble stairs 
Long ago with all the dreamers 
I fell into her emerald spell 
Instrumental:  
The dice were loaded, knew I was ensnared 
Fingers turned to talons in my hair 
A rusted door inside a golden cage 
A broken chord, a bird that flew away 
Dressed in velvet in the limelight 
She beckoned me from marble stairs 
Long ago with all the dreamers 
I fell into her emerald spell 
Guitar Instrumental: , , then ,  fade on  
Repeat Intro, end on