Dark Eyes

Oh, the gentlemen are talkin'
 And the midnight moon is on the riverside
 They're drinkin' up and walkin'
 And it is time for me to slide
 I live in another world
 Where life an' death are memorized
 Where the earth is strung with lovers' pearls
 And all i see are dark eyes.
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 A cock is crowin' far away
 And another soldier's deep in prayer
 Some mother's child has gone astray
 She can't find him anywhere
 But i can hear another drum
 Beatin' for the dead that rise
 Whom nature's beast fears as they come
 And all i see are dark eyes.
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 They tell me to be discreet
 For all intended purposes
 They tell me revenge is sweet
 And from where they stand, i'm sure it is
 But i feel nothing for their game
 Where beauty goes unrecognized
 All i feel is heat and flame
 And all i see are dark eyes.
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 Oh, the French girl she's in paradise
 And a drunken man is at the wheel
 Hunger pays a heavy price
 To the falling gods of speed and steel
 Oh, time is short and the days are sweet
 And passion rules the arrow that flies
 A million faces at my feet
 But all i see are dark eyes.