Faraway Eyes (Live 1995)

[Spoken Word: Mick Jagger]

I think I want one of these cowboy shirts for this section, I forgot that bit. We're gonna dig this one out, it's called "Faraway Eyes."

[Audience Cheering]

[Verse 1]

I was driving home through Bakersfield early Sunday morning

Listening to gospel music on the colored radio station

And the preacher said, "You know you always have the

Lord by your side"

I was so pleased to be informed of this

That I ran twenty red lights in his honor

Thank you Jesus, thank you lord

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

And I thought by the time I got there

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

Much to my surprise, there she was sitting in the corner

A little bleary

Was a girl with far away eyes

So I tell ya

[Chorus]

So if you're down on your luck

And you can't harmonize

Get a girl with far away eyes

If you're downright disgusted

And life ain't worth a dime

Get a girl with far away eyes

Alright boys

[Pedal Steel Guitar Solo]

[Spoken Word: Mick Jagger]

We got someone else coming on to play. Doug, are you coming on to play? That's where you play Doug

[Violin Solo]

[Verse 2]

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

Ten dollars to the church of the sacred bleeding heart of Jesus

Located somewhere in Los Angeles, California

And next week they'd say my prayer on the radio station

And all my dreams would come true

So I did, and the next week, I got a prayer

For the girl with the far away eyes

Sing it

[Chorus]

So if you're down on your luck

I know y'all will sympathize

Get a girl with far away eyes

If you're downright disgusted

And life ain't worth a dime

Get a girl with far away eyes

One more time

[Outro]

So if you're down on your luck

I know y'all will sympathize

Get a girl with far away eyes

[Audience Applause]