Far Away Eyes - Live

I was driving home through Bakersfield early Sunday morning

Listening to gospel music on the colored radio station

And the preacher said

You know you always have the Lord by your side

I was so pleased to be informed of this

That I ran 20 red lights in his honor

Thank you, Jesus, thank you, Lord

Now 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

Much to my surprise, there she was sitting in the corner

A little bleary, was a girl with far away eyes

So I tell you

So if you're down on your luck

And you can't harmonize

Get a girl with far away eyes

If you're downright disgusted

And life ain't worth a dime

Get a girl with far away eyes

Alright boy

We got someone else to play now

Doug, are you coming on to play

That's where you play Doug

The preacher came round and was saying that all I had to do was

Send ten dollars to the Church of the Sacred Bleeding Heart of Jesus

Located somewhere in Los Angeles, California

And next week they'd say my prayer on the radio station

And all my dreams would come true

So I did, the next week

I got a prayer, for the girl with the far away eyes

Say it, so if you're down on your luck

I know you all sympathize

Get a girl with far away eyes

If you're downright disgusted

And life ain't worth a dime

Get a girl with far away eyes

One more time

So if you're down on your luck

I know you all sympathize

Get a girl with far away eyes

Thank you, Doug, thank you very much