Moore, Christy - A Pair Of Brown Eyes Lyrics
One summer evening drunk as hell
I sat there nearly lifeless
An old man in the corner sang
Where the water lilies grow
On the jukebox Johnny sang
And it's "How are you kid? What's your name?
And what do you know?"
In blood and death 'neath a screaming sky
I lay down on the ground
The arms and legs of other men
Were scattered all around
Some prayed and cursed, then cursed and prayed
And then they prayed some more
And the only thing that I could see
When we got back, labeled parts one to three
There was no fairer brown eyes waiting for me
And a rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go
A rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go
And a rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go
For a pair of brown eyes
For a pair of brown eyes
I looked at him he looked at me
All I could do was hate him
While Ray and Philomena sang
Of my elusive dream
I saw the streams and the rolling hills
Where his brown eyes were waiting
And I thought about a pair of brown eyes
That waited once for me
That waited once for me
So drunk as hell I left the place
Sometimes walking, sometimes crawling
A hungry sound came through the breeze
So I gave the walls a talking
And I heard the sounds of long ago
From the old canal
And the birds were whistling in the trees
Where the wind was gently laughing
And a rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go
A rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go
And a rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go
For a pair of brown eyes
For a pair of brown eyes
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Moore, Christy A Pair Of Brown Eyes Comments
How brilliant
God bless Christy and Shane... they have given so much of their hearts to us.
Kinda awkward this one
arrogant over rated gobshite..Christy Moore
☘️🇮🇪💚☺️👁👁
Moore sold out what a c he went mainstream
Christy is so incredibly gifted and his relationship with Shane is wonderful. Two professionals who admire the skill of the other with no judgement, simply acceptance.
But to be honest, it breaks my heart to see Shane wasting away, but on the flip side, this life-style choice coincides so perfectly with his level of genius.
I fucking love this tune almost as much as the lads singing it. A masterclass of McGowan writing. Christy Moore is an icon of Irish culture. If someone could send me the link of the full version of this with all lyrics? I would be a lifelong friend to you xxx
This is Gold!
Two fucken ledgends creating magic
What I wouldn’t give to be in that room ☘️
3:14 is priceless
More to Shane than meets the eye .
And Shane..... rebel without a clue.... lol ....
God bless Christy....
Of course
The thing that always got me about this clips is how much Christy try's. Dont get me wrong, Moore is a fantastic singer, but shane, he sits there drunk and toothless and seems to be giving it 50%. Thats what i love about this clip.
Way to cut the song off right at the best part!! Brilliant editing.
Sounds like my parents describing me to ppl
I love listening to Shane McGowan
Drunken old bastards.
And why not?
Thank you Shane for everything you done for me.. I was in a really bad state... And I been listening to the pouges for a long time.. But this version made me rethink my choices in life, I just wanted to say thank you for the bottom of my heart.. You are a awesome human being ♥️💕♥️
This is pure gold
Great Irish songs always have about 1000 la la la la la la's or diddly!!!!
Shane is a beautiful human being. I don't care what anyone says. We will really miss him when he's gone
tipperarys finest the bauld macgowan texs riders ABC Alcoholic bikers club
just say 1 eire ye bass stop forcng him .FREE EIRE YE CUNT NO MORE THE M ENGLISH CUNT COM A WANDERING
While Ray and Philamena sang of my lucid dreams, love the line ,takes u back
Christy leave it the man jaysus
SHITE ye fucked a great song ye WANKER
Does anyone know where to get the full version of this song
Absolutely love this!!!
10 years of genius the rest was v v poor.
He wrecked himself.
But I’ll take the 10 years of genius
I looked at him he looked at me,
All I could do was hate him.
While Ray and Philomena sang,
Of my elusive dream.
I saw the streams and the rolling hills,
Where his brown eyes were waiting.
And I thought about a pair of brown eyes,
That waited once for me,
That waited once for me.
So drunk as hell I left the place,
Sometimes walking, sometimes crawling.
A hungry sound came through the breeze,
So I gave the walls a talking.
And I heard the sounds of long ago,
From the old canal.
And the birds were whistling in the trees,
Where the wind was gently laughing.
And a rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go,
A rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go,
And a rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go,
For a pair of brown eyes,
For a pair of brown eyes.
Salvation, plain and simple.
Two legends, when they go the world will be poorer
Sure the audio for this session is out thgere somewhere? This version, for what is shown, sounds the best to me. Wish i could find the full recording of it
Upcoming so this will be seen
Dos potencias unidas. Shane es irrepetible. Poeta, cantor, rebelde un grandísimo "maldito". Christy en su grandeza sabe homenajear y ensalzar a su admirable amigo. Y como bien se dijo por parte de Viking King, con respeto y sin juzgar.
How can you not love Shane 💗 such an amazing singer.
Shane looks like he is gazing upon his mothers casket. By his own description , in his own book- he thought most of these people were dicks and adopted a blank stare.
Shane may have burned himself out ages ago, but his words are eternal. He is wonderful
Shane is one of Ireland's greatest song writers
👏 up to that song - for a pair of great Irish Musicians 👌🍀🇨🇮🙏🏽 i love it ✨
What an unreal piece of music, what sort of fools give this a thumbs down.
Dentists
Is there a full version of this song without commentary? I like the commentary but would like the full duet.
Don't ya just love a random ❤️x
WHAT A COMBINATION. FK ME.
Goosebump time
Luv Shane. Pure genius. He gets to the heart of the Irish character. A working class genius.
He is English. His parents were Irish. He went to public school, so not sure you could call him working class. Genius song though, that's for sure.
Ask Shane and he’ll tell you he’s Irish , he’s one of the most Irish people you’ll ever meet
fucking class!!!!
How could he stand having all that fucking smoke blown in his face.
Christy Moore and Shane is creating magic! i always gonna be a huge fan of them!
Sure, noone wanted to hear the rest of that...
Shut the fuck up and get on with it
It's amazing how this guy who drank himself into looking like a subway rat and talking like one too can have such a good reputation among people who know him and write such sensitive songs. Just shows that appearances can be deceiving.
He's not dead lads ☘️😎🏁
Yesterday means nothing 😉😘😂💨🖕🏻✌🏻👌🏼🤙🏻😍🤬👁🍺🧚♀️🐐🐇
Hail hail 🇮🇪
Christy from Kildare,also Shane McGown from London Ride on Boys.
Shanes lovely, a true legend, the irish Bob Dylan , a genius and so good live. Every shane gigs a great party like you will never see anywhere else, a hundred fans carried out para when I saw him with the popes with my bro, afterparty had a dank smell too
I agree - often simple - often half baked and rough - but never dull
Brilliant
Beauty! Magnificent! Poetry!
Christy Moore is the old man looking at Shane MacGowan in the drunk tank and saying "Good God, this could be my last one"
I do love to be here every xms
A roving I'll go, an unique experience gifted to to Irish
Sack Ryan Tubridy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCvzUbqtQQU&t=1s
moore fucked it
Rod Stewart rod
Singing grace
Talented...pmsl
I love this
Super taig
Taigs that can sing. When we are United you are more than welcome to the family. We love you too.
My final night on earth would be a night in a pub on Quay St, Galway, a barrel of Smithwicks Red and listening to these two sing all night.
get some new teeth bro
Declan Sinnot on guitar isn;t it??
Two great men .Thanks RESPECT Glasgow.............
Christy Moore and Shane, what a duo x
Unforgetable
Drunken English bastard playing taig, fuck off.
Shane is the man. He looks a feckin mess, but who gives a shite. He's an Excellent musician. Maybe not the best singer.. But it doesn't matter. When you've got that much soul, and feel the music that hard.. You don't need technical skill. Conversely, all the technical skill in the world is for shite if you've got no soul.
My God this is beautiful. My wife has coffee brown eyes.
I remember playing the Pogues when i was a teenager , my parents would shout...turn it up. from the bottom of the stairs....only band to get that honor.
Up load the full thing plz
I would give anything to see the full session with Shane and Christy
Were can I watch the full thing ?
Is he gay lol
Thankfully NO one ever tried to change Shane,
Thousands are sailing. ...
Shane looks like he had a hangover Jesus he can bearely sing there
that laugh tho :)))
At 1:56 , when Shane comes in. Just grabs you. Magical.
Spot on!
He embraces you and doesn't leave you anylonger
So true.
Shane MacGowan word cant describe how much i love his music! Don't let anybody talk shit about him he a fucking musical genius in my eyes!
Best ever
Brilliant.
I love chisty and Shane but together they are just unreal . Ireland in its finest form
To have such distinct strong voices and to be able to sing at exact same time and sound great is mastery at its finest
Oh McGowan what a loss you are.