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As I was driving home late one sunday evening, through Bakersfield, California
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, well 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
And when I got there, then she was much to my surprise
In the corner a little bleary, worse for wear and tear
Was a girl with the far away eyes.
So if you're down on your luck
And you can't harmonize
Get a girl with far away eyes
And if you're downright disgusted
And life ain't worth a dime
Get a girl with far away eyes.
But the preacher went right on saying
All I had to do was send 20 dollars to the church of the sacred bleeding heart of Jesus,
Located somewhere in Los Angeles, California
And next week they'd say my prayers on the radio station
And all my dreams would come true.
So I did, in next day, I got a prayer for the girl
Well, you know what kinda eyes she got.
So if you're down on your luck
I know you all sympathize
Find a girl with far away eyes
And if you're downright disgusted
And life ain't worth a dime
Get a girl with far away eyes.
Get a girl with far eyes.
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As I was driving home late one sunday evening, through Bakersfield, California
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, well 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
And when I got there, then she was much to my surprise
In the corner a little bleary, worse for wear and tear
Was a girl with the far away eyes.
So if you're down on your luck
And you can't harmonize
Get a girl with far away eyes
And if you're downright disgusted
And life ain't worth a dime
Get a girl with far away eyes.
But the preacher went right on saying
All I had to do was send 20 dollars to the church of the sacred bleeding heart of Jesus,
Located somewhere in Los Angeles, California
And next week they'd say my prayers on the radio station
And all my dreams would come true.
So I did, in next day, I got a prayer for the girl
Well, you know what kinda eyes she got.
So if you're down on your luck
I know you all sympathize
Find a girl with far away eyes
And if you're downright disgusted
And life ain't worth a dime
Get a girl with far away eyes.
Get a girl with far eyes.
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