Old red eyes is back    Red from the night before the night before    Walked into the wrong bar walked into a door       Old red's in town    And sitting late at night he doesn't make a sound    Just adding to the wrinkles on his deathly frown       They're only red from all the tears that i should've shed    They're only red from all the women that i could've wed    So when you look into these eyes i hope you realise    They could never be blue    They could never be blue    They could never be blue    They could never be blue       Listen up old red    You never listened to a word the doctor said    He told you if you drank another you'd be dead       Old red eyes is back    His shoulders ache all over and his brain is sore    He pours a drink and listens to his body thaw       They're only red from all the thoughts unused inside my head    They're only red from all the things i could have done instead    So when you look into these eyes i hope you realise    They could never be blue    They could never be blue    They could never be blue    They could never be blue       Blue is a street without an end    Red is the colour of my hell    Blue is a greeting from a friend    Red is the colour of farewell       Old red he died    And every single landlord in the district cried    An empty bottle of whisky laying by his side    A lazy little tear running from each eye    They could never be blue    They could never be blue    They could never be blue    They could never be blue