Far Away Eyes Songtext / Lyric

I was driving home late one Sunday evening through Bakersfield, CA

listening to gospel music on the colored radio station

I heard the preacher say, "you know you always have the Lord by your side"

And I was so pleased to be informed of this that I ran

twenty red lights in his honor

thank you Jesus, thank you Lord

You know I had an arrangement to meet a girl, and I was kind of late

And I thought by the time I got there she'd be off with

the nearest truck driver she could find

But when I got there, there she was, much to my surprise, sitting in the corner, a little worse for wear and tear

Was the girl with the far away eyes

So if you're down on your luck

And you can't harmonize

Get a girl with the far away

And if you're downright disgusted

And life ain't worth a dime

Get a girl with thefar away eyes

Well the preacher went right on saying that all I had to do was send Twenty dollars to the church of the sacred bleeding heart of Jesus

located somewhere in Los Angeles, CA

And the next day they'd say my prayer on the radio station and all my dreams would come true

So I did

The next day, I got a prayer for the girl

Well, you know what kind of eyes she got

So if you're down on your luck

I know you all sympathize

Find a girl with the far away eyes

And if you're downright disgusted

And life ain't worth a dime

Get a girl with the far away eyes

So if you're down on your luck

I know you all sympathize

Get a girl with the far away eyes

eyes

Get a girl with the far away eyes