ON A WEEKEND PASS
I WOULDN'T HAVE
HAD TIME
TO GET HOME AND MARRY
THAT BABY OF MINE
SO I WENT TO
THE CHAPLAIN
AND HE AUTHORIZED
ME TO SEND
FOR MY EBONY EYES
MY EBONY EYES
WAS COMING TO ME
FROM OUT OF THE SKIES
ON FLIGHT
TWELVE-O-THREE
IN AN HOUR OR TWO
I WOULD WHISPER I DO
TO MY BEAUTIFUL
EBONY EYES
THE PLANE
WAS WAY OVERDUE
SO I WENT INSIDE
TO THE AIRLINES DESK
AND I SAID SIR
I WONDER WHY
TWELVE-O-THREE
IS SO LATE
HE SAID AW
THEY PROBABLY
TOOK OFF LATE
OR THEY MAY HAVE
RUN INTO SOME
TURBULENT WEATHER
AND HAD TO ALTER
THEIR COURSE
I WENT BACK OUTSIDE
AND I WAITED
AT THE GATE
AND I WATCHED
THE BEACON LIGHT
FROM THE CONTROL
TOWER
AS IT WHIPPED THROUGH
THE DARK EBONY SKIES
AS IF IT WERE
SEARCHING FOR
AND THEN CAME
THE ANNOUNCEMENT
OVER THE LOUDSPEAKER
WOULD THOSE HAVING
RELATIVES OR FRIENDS
ON FLIGHT NUMBER
TWELVE-O-THREE
PLEASE REPORT
TO THE CHAPEL ACROSS
THE STREET AT ONCE
THEN I FELT A BURNING
BREAK DEEP INSIDE
AND I KNEW
THE HEAVENLY
EBONY SKIES
HAD TAKEN MY LIFE'S
MOST WONDERFUL PRIZE
MY BEAUTIFUL
EBONY EYES
IF I EVER GET
TO HEAVEN I'LL BET
THE FIRST ANGEL
I'LL RECOGNIZE
SHE'LL SMILE AT ME
AND I KNOW SHE WILL BE
MY BEAUTIFUL
EBONY EYES