A Pair of Brown Eyes (Live) - Shane MacGowan's Popes

One summer evening, drunk to hell I stood 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 And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go 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 could do was hate him While Ray and Philomena sang Of my elusive dreaming I saw the streams, the rolling hills Where his brown eyes were waiting And I thought about a pair of brown eyes That waited once for me So drunk to hell, I left the place Sometimes crawling, sometimes walking A hungry sound came through the breeze So I gave the walls a talking And I heard the sounds of long ago From the old canal And the birds were whistling in the trees Where the wind was gently laughing And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go For a pair of brown eyes A pair of brown eyes

'Cause I want to be seen With a fresh pair of eyes The single white tree In a black hood of disguise I want, I want to be seen With a fresh pair of eyes The single, the single white tree In a black hood of disguise I miss God... I miss God... I miss God... I miss God...

He had the best of both worlds Yours and mine And I bet he's proud of himself The way he split his time Telling all his friends How good it feels to play both ends I'm sure in all of their eyes That you and I are One of a kind, a pair of fools Two women one man's been lying to You thought you were the only one, I thought I was too We're one of a kind, a pair of fools Honey, we could talk this out Like the best of friends But we're not to blame for the pain That, that man has put us in When we break the news That you know about me and I know about you After what he's done He better start to run from this One of a kind, a pair of fools Two women one man's been lying to You thought you were the only one, I thought I was too We're one of a kind, a pair of fools When we break the news That you know about me and I know about you After what he's done He better start to run from this One of a kind, a pair of fools Two women one man's been lying to You thought you were the only one, I thought I was too I guess we see now what blind love can do We're one of a kind, a pair of fools Two women one man's been lying to You thought you were the only one

If I could see into your heart Then would I know just where to start? Because I'm lost and I need to be found Crazy as it sounds I need you around If I could stand to be on my own Then I would probably just leave you alone But I'm gonna feel this way till I'm six feet underground Crazy as it sounds I need you around Turning, tossing and turning My love is burning me down If I could change one thing in this world I'd change your mind and make you my girl Because I'm lost and I need to be found Crazy as it sounds I need you around I'm gonna feel this way till I'm six feet underground Crazy as it sounds I need you around [repeat until end of song]

Do you remember that sunny day Somewhere in London In the middle of nowhere Didn't have nothing to do that day Didn't wanna do nothing anyway You got a way of walking You got a way of talking And there's something about you And now I know I never ever Wanna be without you I wanna be haunted by the ghost I wanna be haunted by the ghost I wanna be haunted by the ghost I wanna be haunted by the ghost Of your precious love Of your precious love The first time I saw you Standing in the street You were so cool you could've Put out Vietnam All the girls asks "what's he like?" I says, he's kind of shy But that's the kind of girl I am, He's my kind of guy I wanna be haunted by the ghost I wanna be haunted by the ghost I wanna be haunted by the ghost I wanna be haunted by the ghost Of your precious love Of your precious love Of your precious love I'll build my world around you I'll bless the day that I found you I'll stay beside you, I'll never leave Or tell you all those lies that you'd never believe Uh huh huh I wanna be haunted by the ghost I wanna be haunted by the ghost I wanna be haunted by the ghost I wanna be haunted by the ghost I wanna be haunted by the ghost I wanna be haunted by the ghost I wanna be haunted by the ghost I wanna be haunted by the ghost Of your precious love Of your precious love You got a way of walking You got a way of talking And there's something about you That's the kind of girl I am, He's my kind of guy And now I know I never ever Wanna be without you I wanna be haunted by the ghost I wanna be haunted by the ghost I wanna be haunted by the ghost I wanna be haunted by the ghost And now I know I never ever Wanna be without you