[00:39.77]I was driving home early sunday morning through
[00:44.30]Bakersfield CA
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[00:46.67]Listening to music on the colored radio station
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[00:50.79]And the preacher said You know you always have the
[00:52.80]Lord by your side
[00:54.06]
[00:58.20]And I was so pleased to be informed of this that I ran
[01:02.89]Twenty red lights in his honor
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[01:07.03]Thank you Jesus thank you lord
[01:11.10]
[01:15.99]I had an arrangement to meet a girl and
[01:20.00]I was kind of late
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[01:24.95]And I thought by the time I got there she'd be off
[01:27.31]She'd be off with the nearest truck driver
[01:29.16]She could find
[01:30.01]
[01:34.55]Much to my surprise there she was sittin in the corner
[01:40.01]
[01:42.11]Was a girl with far away eyes
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[01:48.89]I want take
[01:49.50]
[01:51.09]So if you're down on your luck
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[01:55.76]And you can't harmonize
[02:00.39]Get a girl with far away eyes
[02:06.16]
[02:09.34]And if you're downright disgusted
[02:13.22]
[02:14.37]And life ain't worth a dime
[02:17.21]
[02:18.52]Get a girl with far away eyes
[02:24.03]
[03:03.30]Well the preacher kept right on saying that all
[03:05.53]I had to do wassend
[03:06.57]Ten dollars to the church of
[03:08.36]The sacred bleeding heart of Jesus
[03:09.91]Located somewhere in Los Angeles California
[03:12.44]And next week they'd say my prayer on the radio
[03:14.85]
[03:15.47]And all my dreams would come true
[03:17.26]
[03:19.66]So I did the next week I got a prayer with a girl
[03:25.28]
[03:31.32]Well you know what kind of eyes she got
[03:33.46]
[03:38.46]So if you're down on your luck
[03:41.83]
[03:43.05]I know you all sympathize
[03:45.77]
[03:47.78]Find a girl with far away eyes
[03:53.33]
[03:56.74]And if you're downright disgusted
[04:00.11]
[04:01.32]And life ain't worth a dime
[04:04.12]
[04:05.53]Get a girl with far away eyes
[04:10.82]
[04:14.07]So if you're down on your luck
[04:17.35]
[04:18.44]I know you all sympathize
[04:21.43]
[04:23.20]Find a girl with far away eyes
[04:28.67]
[04:31.73]And if you're downright disgusted
[04:35.21]
[04:36.53]And life ain't worth a dime
[04:39.42]
[04:40.72]Get a girl with far away eyes