Intro: Backing Choir: (|G   |A  A7|) |D   |./.

Verse-1:

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ON A WEEKEND PASS, I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TIME, TO GET HOME AND MARRY,

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THAT BABY OF  E NE. SO I WENT TO THE CHAPA IN, AND HE AUTHO-RIZED,

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ME TO SEND FOR MY  EBONY  EYES.

Chorus:

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MY EBONY EYES, WAS COE NG TO ME, FROM OUT OF THE SKIES,

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ON FLIGHT TWELVE - O – THDE .   IN AN HOUR OR TWO,

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I WOULD WHISPER: "I C ", TO MY BEAUTIFUL EBONY  EYES.

Spoken with Backing Choir:

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         THE PA NE WAS WAY OVER-DUE.   SO I WENT INBDE  TO THE

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AIRLINES DESK AND I SAID: "B R, I WONDER WHY 1203 IS SO A TE"?

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    HE SAID: "OH, THEY PROBABLY TOOK OFF A TE,    OR THEY MAY HAVE RUN

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INTO SOME TURBULENT WEATHER, AND HAD TO ALTER THEIR COURSE".

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   I WENT BACK OUTBDE  AND I WAITED AT THE GATE AND I WATCHED THE

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BEACON LIGHT FROM THE CONTROL TOWER AS IT WHIPPED THROUGH THE DARK

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EBONY SKIES AS IF IT WED  SEARCHING FOR,  MY E  -  BO – NY EYES.

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   THEN CAME THE AN-NOUNCEMENT OVER THE LOUDSPEAKER:

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   "WOULD THOSE HAVING D A TIVES OR FRIENDS ON FLIGHT NUMBER 1203,

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PLEASE D- PORT TO THE CHAPEL ACROSS THE STDE T AT ONCE".

Verse-2:

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THEN I FELT  A BURNING  BDA K DEEP IN-BDE , AND I KNEW THE HEAVENLY

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E- BO-NY SKIES. HAD TAKEN MY LIFE'S MOST WONDERFUL PRIZE,

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MY BEAUTIFUL E-BO-NY EYES.

Outro:

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IF I EVER GET TO,  HEAVEN I'LL BET, THE FIRST ANGEL I'LL DC OG-NIZE.

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SHE'LL SE LE AT ME AND I KNOW SHE WILL BE,

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MY BEAUTIFUL E-BO-NY E-YES.