Intro: D
verse 1
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He was arrested on charges of unemployment
He was standing at the witness stand
The judges wife, she told the district attorney
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You better, free that brown eyed man
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You want your job you better, free that brown eyed man
verse 2
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I went flying cross the desert on a TWA I saw
A woman walking cross the sand
She went walking thirty miles in route to Bombay to get a
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Brown eyed handsome man
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Her destination was a brown eyed handsome man
verse 3
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And now way back in history, two thousand years
Ever since the world began
Theres been a whole lot of good women shedding some tears over a
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Brown eyed handsome man
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A lot of trouble with a brown eyed handsome man
verse 4
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And the Venus de Milo was a beautiful lass
she had the world in the palm of her hands
She lost both her arms in a wrestling match over a
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Brown eyed handsome man
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She fought and won herself a brown eyed handsome man
Verse 5
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And the beautiful daughter couldn’t make up her mind
between the doctor and a lawyer man
Her mama said, doll, just go out and find yourself a
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Brown eyed handsome man
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Like your real daddy was a brown eyed handsome man
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He was a brown eyed handsome man, don’t you know he was a
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Brown eyed handsome man
Interlude
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Verse 6
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And it was three to the count, there wasn’t nobody home
He hit a high flyer into the stands
He rounded third, he was heading for home, he was a
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Brown eyed handsome man
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Like Henry Aaron he was a brown eyed handsome man
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He was a brown eyed handsome man, don’t you know he was a
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Brown eyed
Verse 7
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He was arrested on charges of unemployment
He was standing at the witness stand
The judges wife, she told the district attorney
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You better, free that brown eyed man
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You want your job you better, free that brown eyed
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Free that brown eyed, free that brown eyed man