Shine a Light movie - Faraway Eyes lyrics

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Song by The Rolling Stones<br /><br>

( M. Jagger / K. Richards ) <br>

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I was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield <br>

Listening to gospel music on the colored radio station <br>

And the preacher said, "You know you always have the <br>

Lord by your side" <br>

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And I was so pleased to be informed of this that I ran <br>

Twenty red lights in his honor <br>

Thank you Jesus, thank you lord <br>

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I had an arrangement to meet a girl, and I was kind of late <br>

And I thought by the time I got there she'd be off <br>

She'd be off with the nearest truck driver she could find <br>

Much to my surprise, there she was sittin in the corner <br>

A little bleary, worse for wear and tear <br>

Was a girl with far away eyes <br>

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So if you're down on your luck <br>

And you can't harmonize <br>

Find a girl with far away eyes<br>

And if you're downright disgusted <br>

And life ain't worth a damn <br>

Get a girl with far away eyes <br>

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Well the preacher kept right on saying that all I had to do was send <br>

Ten dollars to the church of the sacred bleeding heart of Jesus <br>

Located somewhere in Los Angeles, California <br>

Song text taken from stlyrics.com<br>

And next week they'd say my prayer on the radio <br>

And all my dreams would come true <br>

So I did, the next week, I got a prayer, and a girl <br>

Well, you know what kind of eyes she got <br>

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So if you're down on your luck <br>

I know you all sympathize <br>

Find a girl with far away eyes <br>

And if you're downright disgusted <br>

And life ain't worth a damn <br>

Get a girl with far away eyes <br>

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