F# Old Red eyes is back G#7 B F# Red from the night before the night before F# G#7 B F# Walked into the wrong bar walked into a door F# Old Redʼs in town G#7 B F# And sitting late at night he doesnʼt make a sound F# G#7 B F# Just adding to the wrinkles on his deadly frown F# G#7 B F# Theyʼre only red from all the tears that I shouldʼve shed F# G#7 B F# Theyʼre only red from all the women that I couldʼve wed F# G#7 B F# So when you look into these eyes I hope you realise F# They could never be blue G#7 B They could never be blue F# F# They could never be blue G#7 B F# They could never be blue F# Listen up Old Red G#7 B F# You never listened to a word the doctor said F# G#7 B F# He told you if you drank another youʼd be dead F# Old Red eyes is back G#7 B F# His shoulders ache all over and his brain is sore F# G#7 B F# He pours a drink and listens to his body thaw F# G#7 B F# Theyʼre only red from all the thoughts unused inside my head F# G#7 B F# Theyʼre only red from all the things I could have done instead F# G#7 B F# So when you look into these eyes I hope you realise F# They could never be blue G#7 B They could never be blue F# F# They could never be blue G#7 B F# They could never be blue F# G#7 B F# Blue is a street without an end F# G#7 B F# Red is the colour of my hell F# G#7 B F# Blue is a greeting from a friend F# G#7 B F# Red is the color of farewell F# Old Red he died G#7 B F# And every single landlord in the district cried F# G#7 B F# An empty bottle of whisky laying by his side F# G#7 B F# A lazy little tear running from each eye F# They could never be blue G#7 B They could never be blue F# F# They could never be blue G#7 B F# They could never be blue
