Old Red Eyes Is Back The Beautiful South

[Intro]

[Verse 1: Paul Heaton]
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

[Chorus 1: Heaton, Dave Hemingway & Heaton]
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 realize
They could never be blue, they could never be blue
They could never be blue, they could never be blue

[Verse 2: Heaton]
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

[Chorus 2: Heaton, Hemingway & Heaton]
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 realize
They could never be blue, they could never be blue
They could never be blue, they could never be blue