One night while out for a ramble The hour was just about nine I met a young maiden in Frisco On the corner of Geary and Pine On her face, there was beauty of nature And her eyes just seemed to expand With hair so rich and so brilliant Entwined in a blue velvet band We strolled down the street together In my pocket, she placed her small hand She planted the evidence on me The girl in the blue velvet band Well, I heard the scream of the siren And the girl in the blue velvet band She left me to face all the trouble What a diamond that was worth ten grand Well, at night when bed-time was ringin' Standing close to the bar I fancied I heard a voice calling Far out on the ocean of stars They sent me to San Quentin for stealing God knows I'm an innocent man But the guilty one, now she lies dying The girl in the blue velvet band Well, I'll be out in a year and I'm leaving And I'll carry the name of a man That served ten years in prison For the girl in the blue velvet band