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