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 SITTIN' LATE AT NIGHT
HE DOESN'T MAKE A SOUND
JUST ADDIN' TO THE WRINKLES
ON HIS DEATHLY 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
RED IS THE COLOUR OF MY HELL
RED IS THE COLOUR OF FAREWELL
OLD RED, HE DIED
AND EVERY SINGLE LANDLORD
IN THE DISTRICT CRIED
AN EMPTY BOTTLE OF WHISKY
LAYIN' BY HIS SIDE
A LAZY LITTLE TEAR
RUNNIN' FROM EACH EYE
THEY COULD NEVER BE BLUE
THEY COULD NEVER BE BLUE
THEY COULD NEVER BE BLUE
THEY COULD NEVER BE BLUE