Far Away Eyes - Live

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