Monday August 15, 2022; 11:08 AM EDT
- I was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield#
- Listening to gospel music on the colored radio station#
- And the preacher said, 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#
- ...#
- 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#
- She'd be off with the nearest truck driver she could find#
- Much to my surprise, there she was sittin' in the corner#
- A little bleary, worse for wear and tear#
- Was a girl with far away eyes#
- ...#
- So if you're down on your luck#
- And you can't harmonize#
- 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#
- ...#
- Well the preacher kept right on 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#
- And all my dreams would come true#
- So I did, the next week, I got a prayer with a girl#
- Well, you know what kind of eyes she got, well I'll tell ya#
- ...#
- 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#
- ...#
- So if you're down on your luck#
- I know you all sympathize#
- Get a girl with far away eyes#