I
was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield
Listening to gospel music on the colored
radio station
And the preacher said, "You know
you always have the
Lord by your side"
And
I was so pleased to be informed of this that I ran
Twenty red lights in his honor
Thank you Jesus, thank you lord
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
She'd be off with the nearest truck
driver she could find
Much to my surprise, there she was
sittin in the corner
A little bleary, worse for wear and
tear
Was a girl with far away eyes
So
if you're down on your luck
And you can't harmonize
Find a girl with far away
And if you're downright disgusted
And life ain't worth a dime
Get a girl with far away eyes
Well
the preacher kept right on 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
And all my dreams would come true
So I did, the next week, I got a prayer
with a girl
Well, you know what kind of eyes she
got
So
if you're down on your luck
I know you all sympathize
Find a girl with far away eyes
And if you're downright disgusted
And life ain't worth a dime
Get a girl with far away eyes