Some Velvet Morning Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood Written by Lee Hazlewood Peaked at # 26 in 1968 Some velvet mornin' when I'm straight I'm gonna open up your gate And maybe tell you 'bout Phaedra And how she gave me life And how she made it end Some velvet mornin' when I'm straight Flowers growing on a hill, dragonflies and daffodils Learn from us very much, look at us but do not touch Phaedra is my name Some velvet mornin' when I'm straight I'm gonna open up your gate And maybe tell you 'bout Phaedra And how she gave me life And how she made it end Some velvet mornin' when I'm straight Flowers are the things we know, secrets are the things we grow Learn from us very much, look at us but do not touch Phaedra is my name Some velvet mornin' when I'm straight Flowers growing on a hill I'm gonna open up your gate dragonflies and daffodils And maybe tell you 'bout Phaedra Learn from us very much And how she gave me life look at us but do not touch FADE And how she made it end TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: In Greek mythology, Phaedra was a daughter of Minos (and a granddaughter of Zeus) who married Theseus and fell in love with her stepson Hippolytus.