Rhinestones on Cufflinks- Music & Lyrics by ZL Zeal
neo classical pop, tango waltz, 118 BPM, concert grand piano, left hand octaves, glissando runs, salon string quartet, harp flourishes, brushed snare waltz, syncopated bass ostinato, ragtime syncopation, cathedral plate reverb, stereo room mic, 1960s stereo bloom, crescendo arrangement, bittersweet nostalgia, stage glamour
Rhinestones on Cufflinks- Music & Lyrics by ZL Zeal
neo classical pop, tango waltz, 118 BPM, concert grand piano, left hand octaves, glissando runs, salon string quartet, harp flourishes, brushed snare waltz, syncopated bass ostinato, ragtime syncopation, cathedral plate reverb, stereo room mic, 1960s stereo bloom, crescendo arrangement, bittersweet nostalgia, stage glamour
Lyrics
Rhinestones on Cufflinks
Music and Lyrics by ZL Zeal
Intro
Ladies and gentlemen
He smiles like he knows
Every heart in the room
Before the curtain rose
A whisper of velvet
A shimmer of gold
He plays what you’re dreaming
Before it is told
Verse 1
Rhinestones on the cufflinks
Gold dust on the keys
Feathered cape dragging
Down a velvet sea
He winks at the spotlight
Like it’s old champagne
Every ring on his fingers
Spells out his name
Chorus
Liberace’s jewelry
Blazing like a crown
Every little gesture
Diamonds raining down
Costumes like a fever
Sequins in the air
Mirrored Baldwin singing
Throwing light everywhere
Oh
That jewelled grand piano
Shining brighter than the halo
Of the man who made it gleam
Liberace’s mirrored dream
Verse 2
Candelabras trembling
From the ovation’s roar
He signs a silk program
On a mink-draped door
Laughter in falsetto
Sugar on his tongue
Every note a secret
Every entrance young
Chorus
Liberace’s jewelry
Blazing like a crown
Every little gesture
Diamonds raining down
Costumes like a fever
Sequins in the air
Mirrored Baldwin singing
Throwing light everywhere
Oh
That jewelled grand piano
Shining brighter than the halo
Of the man who made it gleam
Liberace’s mirrored dream
Verse 3
He takes every request
Like a gift in his hand
Turns a simple melody
Into something grand
He listens to longing
Hidden in applause
And plays it back softly
Without a pause
Bridge
Velvet ropes part
Like curtains in a blaze
Wrapped in fur and starlight
He commands the gaze
Russian hounds beside him
Gliding through the beams
A kingdom built in music
And rhinestone dreams
Chorus
Liberace’s jewelry
Blazing like a crown
Every little gesture
Diamonds raining down
Costumes like a fever
Sequins in the air
Mirrored Baldwin singing
Throwing light everywhere
Oh
That jewelled grand piano
Shining brighter than the halo
Of the man who made it gleam
Liberace’s mirrored dream
Outro
And somewhere in the silence
After the acclaim
He’s still at the piano
Calling out your name
Every note remembered
Every heart he knew
Liberace played
As if he played for you