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by Beautiful South



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 deadly 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 color 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