A pair of brown eyes (video) (midi)

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1. One summer evening, drunk to hell, I stood there nearly lifeless,

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an old man in the corner sang “Where the water lillies grow”,

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and on the jukebox Johnny sang about a thing called love,

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and it’s how are you kid and what’s your name,

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and how would you bloody know ?

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2. In blood and death, ‘neath the screaming sky I lay down on the ground,

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and the arms and legs of other men were scattered all around.

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Some cursed, some prayed, some prayed then cursed,

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then prayed and bled some more.

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And the only thing that I could see

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was a pair of brown eyes that was looking at me.

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But when we got back, labeled parts one to three,

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there was no pair of brown eyes waiting for me.

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And a-rovin’, a-rovin’, a-rovin’ I’ll go, for a pair of brown eyes.

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3. I looked at him, he looked at me, all I could do was hate him,

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while Ray and Philomena sang of my elusive dream.

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I saw the stream, the rolling hills, where his brown eyes were waiting,

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and I thought about a pair of brown eyes that waited once for me.

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4. So drunk to hell I left the place,

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sometimes crawling, sometimes walking,

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a hungry sound came across the breeze, so I gave the walls a talking,

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and I heard the sounds of long ago from the old canal.

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And the birds were whistling in the trees

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where the wind was gently laughing.

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And a-rovin’, a-rovin’, a-rovin’ I’ll go,

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a-rovin’, a-rovin’, a-rovin’ I’ll go,

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a-rovin’, a-rovin’, a-rovin’ I’ll go,

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for a pair of brown eyes, for a pair of brown eyes !

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And a-rovin’, a-rovin’, a-rovin’ I’ll go,

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a-rovin’, a-rovin’, a-rovin’ I’ll go ....

(The Pogues)