I was driving home early sunday morning 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   Much to my surprise, there she was sittin 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   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   10 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