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Ebony Eyes Lyrics By The Everly Brothers

    oooooooooo
    on a weekend pass i wouldn’t have had time
    to get home and marry that baby of mine
    so i went to the chaplain and he authorized
    me to send for my ebony eyes

    my ebony eyes was coming to me
    from out of the skies on flight 0
    in an hour or two i would whisper i do
    to my beautiful ebony eyes

    spoken
    the plane was way overdue
    so i went inside to the airline’s desk and i said
    sir i wonder why 0 is so late
    he said oh they probably took off late
    or they may have run into some turbulent weather and had to alter the course

    i went back outside and waited at the gate
    and i watched the beacon light from the control tower
    as it whipped through the dark ebony skies if it were searching for
    my ebony eyes

    and then came the announcement over the loudspeaker
    would those having relatives or friends on flight number 0
    please report to the chapel across the street at once

    then i felt a burning break deep inside
    and i knew the heavenly ebony skies
    had taken my life’s most wonderful prize
    my beautiful ebony eyes

    if i ever get to heaven i’ll bet
    the first angel i’ll recognise
    she’ll smile at me and i know she will be
    my beautiful ebony eyes
    ooooo

    Artist: The Everly Brothers

    Year: 1961

    Decade: 60s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 115