G# C# I was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield G# D# GListening to gospel music on the colored radio station G# C# And the preacher said, "You know you always have the G# D# Lord by your side" G# And I was so pleased to be informed of this that I ran C# G# D# Twenty red lights in his honor Thank you Jesus, thank you lord G# C# G# D# G# C# I had an arrangement to meet a girl, and I was kind of late G# D# And I thought by the time I got there sheʼd be off G# C# Sheʼd be off with the nearest truck driver she could find G# D# Much to my surprise, there she was sittin in the corner G# C# A little bleary, worse for wear and tear G# D# G# Was a girl with far away eyes Chorus: C# D# So if youʼre down on your luck G# C# And you canʼt harmonize G# D# G# Find a girl with far away EYES C# D# And if youʼre downright disgusted G# C# And life ainʼt worth a dime G# D# G# Get a Girl with far away eyes G# C# Well the preacher kept right on saying that all I had to do was send G# D# Ten dollars to the church of the sacred bleeding heart of Jesus G# C# Located somewhere in Los Angeles, California G# D# And next week theyʼd say my prayer on the radio G# C# And all my dreams would come true G# D# So I did, the next week, I got a prayer with a girl G# D# G# Well, you know what kind of eyes she got Chorus: C# D# So if youʼre down on your luck G# C# I KNOW YOU ALL SYMPATHIZE G# D# G# Find a girl with far away EYES C# D# And if youʼre downright disgusted G# C# And life ainʼt worth a dime G# D# G# G# C# Get a Girl with far away eyes
