One summer evening drunk to hell I sat 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 did was smile I've roamed this world for many's a mile Take a look at what you see Baby I've been detained in chains All throughout my life, baby Took the bushes on the dry side Where the water lilies grow
Well I don't know where I'm going But when I get there I'll send you a letter baby A rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go For a pair of brown eyes