Far Away Eyes

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