I was driving home early Sunday evening
through Bakersfield

Listening to Gospel music on the colored radio station
And the preacher said,
"You know you always have the lord by your side"
And 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
She'd be off with the nearest truck driver she could find
When I get there,
There was so much to my surprise
There she was sitting in the corner
A little bleary, worse for wear and tear
Was a girl with far away eyes
So if you're down on your luck
And you can't harmonize
Find a girl with far away eyes
And if you're downright disgusted
And life ain't worth a dime
Get a girl with far away eyes

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
And all my dreams would come true
So I did, the next week, I got a prayer with a girl
Well, you know what kind of eyes she got
So if you're down on your luck
I know you all sympathize

Find a girl with far away eyes
And if you're downright disgusted

And life ain't worth a dime
Get a girl with far away eyes
So if you're down on your luck
I know you all sympathize
Seen a girl with far away eyes
Seen a girl with far away eyes