Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Old Red Eyes Is Back , by - The Beautiful South. Release date: 31.12.2000
Song language: English
Old Red Eyes Is Back |
| Old Red Eyes is back: red from the night before, the night before |
| Walked into the wrong bar, walked into a door |
| Old Red’s in town, and sitting late at night, he doesn’t make a sound |
| Just adding to the wrinkles on his deathly frown |
| They’re only red from all the tears that I should’ve shed |
| They’re only red from all the women that I could’ve wed |
| So when you look into these eyes, I hope you realize |
| They could never be blue, they could never be blue |
| They could never be blue, they could never be blue |
| Listen up, Old Red, you never listened to a word the doctor said |
| He told you if you drank another, you’d be dead |
| Old Red Eyes is back; |
| his shoulders ache all over and his brain is sore |
| He pours a drink and listens to his body thaw |
| They’re only red from all the thoughts unused inside my head |
| They’re only red from all the things I could have done instead |
| So when you look into these eyes, I hope you realize |
| They could never be blue, they could never be blue |
| They could never be blue, they could never be blue |
| Blue is a street without an end |
| Red is the colour of my hell |
| Blue is a greeting from a friend |
| Red is the colour of farewell |
| Old Red, he died, and every single landlord in the district cried |
| An empty bottle of whiskey laying by his side |
| A lazy little tear running from each eye |
| They could never be blue, they could never be blue |
| They could never be blue, they could never be blue |