That Boy With the Far Away Eyes

[JamesSavik]

That Boy with the Far Away Eyes


I was drivin’ home late one Saturday night
Through Pearl, Mississippi
Listening to bluegrass music on the redneck radio station,
And the cowboy said: “You know you should always have your .45 by your side”
And I was so pleased to be informed of this
That I shot twenty stop signs in his honor,
Thank you Joe-Bob, thank you lord

I had an arrangement to met a boy, and I was kind of late
And I thought by the time I got there he’d be off,
He’d be off with the nearest truck driver he could find
Much to my surprise there he was sittin’ in a corner
Little bleary, worse for wear and tear
Eyes bloodshot and stoned stupid
Was the boy with far away eyes
Well I tell you

So if you’re down on you’re luck, and you can’t lobotomize
Find a boy with far away eyes
And if you’re downright disgusted
And life ain’t worth a dime
Get a boy with far away eyes
Well

Well the cowboy kept right on saying
That all I had to do was send ten dollars
To the church of the sacred bleeding heart the NRA,
Located somewhere in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
And next week they’d have a word with Charlton Heston
And all my dreams would come true
So I did, and next week I got my boy
Well you know what kind of eyes he's got,
Well I tell you

So if you’re down on you’re luck, I know you all accessorize
Find a boy with far away eyes
And if you’re downright disgusted
And life ain’t worth a dime
Get a boy with far away eyes
So if you’re down on you’re luck, I know you all antagonize
Get a boy with far away eyes

If you read this and heard Mick Jagger's voice, I win.

[bi_janus]

Even bad-boy Brits only run stop signs. Southern boys, now -- .45s and stop signs.

[Camy]

Not Jagger. Leonard Cohen.

[bi_janus]

On the Stones' 1978 album Some Girls. I don't know, Camy. They're both song writers, although the collaboration with Richards comes through strongly on this one.

[The Pecman]

That's a great title, and enough there that it could inspire a novel! Great job, James.