And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go
There was no pair of brown eyes waiting for me
That waited once for me
An old man in the corner sang
And the arms and legs of other men
So I gave the walls a talking
About a thing called love
For a pair of brown eyes
Were scattered all around
Where the wind was gently laughing
Where his brown eyes were waiting
So drunk to hell I left the place
Of my elusive dreams
Some cursed, some prayed, some prayed then cursed
For a pair of brown eyes
I saw the streams, the rolling hills
Sometimes crawling, sometimes walking
For a pair of brown eyes
Where the water lilies grow
And on the jukebox Johnny sang

And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go
And the birds were whistling in the trees

From the old canal

While Ray and Philomena sang

Was a pair of brown eyes that was looking at me
And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go
I looked at him, he looked at me
All I could do was hate him

In blood and death 'neath a screaming sky

And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go
But when we got back, labeled parts one to three
And it's how are you kid and what's your name
And I thought about a pair of brown eyes
And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go
And how would you bloody know?

And the only thing that I could see
For a pair of brown eyes

A hungry sound came across the breeze
And prayed then bled some more
I lay down on the ground
For a pair of brown eyes
A rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go
And I heard the sounds of long ago
And a rovin', a rovin', a rovin' I'll go