A Pair Of Brown Eyes

One summer evening drunk to hell
I stood there nearly lifeless
An old man in the corner sang
Where the water lilies grow
And on the jukebox Johnny sang
About a thing called love
And it's how are you kid and what's your name
And how would you [A7bloody know?
In blood and [Bm]death 'neath a screaming sky
I lay down on [C7]the ground
And the arms and [Bm]legs of other men
Were scattered all [Em]around
Some cursed, some prayed, some prayed then cursed
Then prayed and [Bm]bled some more
And the only thing that I could see
Was a pair of brown eyes that was [Am7]looking at me
But when we got [Fm7]back, labeled parts one to [C7]three
There was [Am7]no pair of brown eyes waiting for [Dm7]me
And a ɾovin' a ɾovin' a ɾovin' I'll go
For a pair of brown eyes
I looked at him he looked at me
All I could do was [Am7]hate him
While Ray and [Bm]Philomena sang
Of my [A]elusive dream
I saw the stɾeams, the ɾolling hills
Where his brown eyes were waiting
And I thought about a pair of brown eyes
That waited once for [Dm7]me
So drunk to [C7]hell I left the place
Sometimes crawling sometimes walking
A hungry sound came across the breeze
So I gave the walls a talking
And I heard the sounds of long [Am]ago
From the old canal
And the birds were whistling in the tɾees
Where the wind was [Am7]gently laughing
And a ɾovin' a ɾovin' a ɾovin' I'll go
For a pair of brown eyes.