Old Red Eyes Is Back

[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 [Bridge: Briana Corrigan, Heaton & Hemingway] Blue is a street without an end Red is the colour of my hell Blue is a greeting from a friend Red is the colour of farewell [Verse 3: Heaton] Old Red, he died, and every single landlord in the district cried An empty bottle of whiskey 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 [Outro]