Far Away Eyes

<br>I was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield <br>Listening to gospel music on the colored radio station <br>And the preacher said, "You know you always have the <br>Lord by your side" <br><br>And I was so pleased to be informed of this that I ran <br>Twenty red lights in his honor <br>Thank you Jesus, thank you lord <br><br>I had an arrangement to meet a girl, and I was kind of late <br>And I thought by the time I got there she`d be off <br>She`d be off with the nearest truck driver she could find <br>Much to my surprise, there she was sittin in the corner <br>A little bleary, worse for wear and tear <br>Was a girl with far away eyes <br><br>So if you`re down on your luck <br>And you can`t harmonize <br>Find a girl with far away <br>And if you`re downright disgusted <br>And life ain`t worth a dime <br>Get a girl with far away eyes <br><br>Well the preacher kept right on saying that all I had to do was send <br>Ten dollars to the church of the sacred bleeding heart of Jesus <br>Located somewhere in Los Angeles, California <br>And next week they`d say my prayer on the radio <br>And all my dreams would come true <br>So I did, the next week, I got a prayer with a girl <br>Well, you know what kind of eyes she got <br><br>So if you`re down on your luck <br>I know you all sympathize <br>Find a girl with far away eyes <br>And if you`re downright disgusted <br>And life ain`t worth a dime <br>Get a girl with far away eyes