Brown Eyed Handsome Man

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[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