The Pogues

The Pogues - A Pair Of Brown Eyes lyrics

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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 bloody know?'

In blood and death neath a screaming sky
I lay down on the ground
And the arms and legs of other men
Were scattered all around
Some cursed, some prayed, some prayed then cursed
Then prayed and bled some more
And the only thing that I could see
Was a pair of brown eyes that was looking at me
But when we got back, labeled parts one to three
There was no pair of brown eyes waiting for me

And a-rovin, a-rovin, a-rovin I'll go
For a pair of brown eyes

I looked at him he looked at me
All I could do was hate him
While ray and philomena sang
Of my elusive dreams
I saw the streams, the rolling hills
Where his brown eyes were waiting
And I thought about a pair of brown eyes
That waited once for me

So drunk to 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 ago
From the old canal
And the birds were whistling in the trees
Where the wind was gently laughing

And a-rovin, a-rovin, a-rovin I'll go
And a-rovin, a-rovin, a-rovin I'll go
And a-rovin, a-rovin, a-rovin I'll go
For a pair of brown eyes
For a pair of brown eyes

And a-rovin, a-rovin, a-rovin I'll go
And a-rovin, a-rovin, a-rovin I'll go
And a-rovin, a-rovin, a-rovin I'll go
For a pair of brown eyes
For a pair of brown eyes
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Author: Shane Macgowan

Composer: Shane Macgowan

Publisher: Rhino UK

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Released in: 2009

Language: English

Appearing on: Fiesta (1988) , The Ultimate Collection (2005) , The Ultimate Collection (2005) , Rum Sodomy & The Lash (remastered) (2004) , The Best Of The Pogues (1991) , Drunken Boys (1992) , The Very Best Of The Pogues (2001) , Dirty Old Town (2005) , 30:30 (2013)

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