Ebony Eyes

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ON A WEEKEND PASS, I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TIME, TO GET HOME AND MARRY,
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THAT BABY OF  MINE. SO I WENT TO THE CHAPLAIN, AND HE AUTHO-RIZED,
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ME TO SEND FOR MY  EBONY  EYES.

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MY EBONY EYES, WAS COMING TO ME, FROM OUT OF THE SKIES,
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ON FLIGHT TWELVE - O - THREE.   IN AN HOUR OR TWO, 
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I WOULD WHISPER: "I DO", TO MY BEAUTIFUL EBONY  EYES.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++SPOKEN with BACKING CHOIR:

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         THE PLANE WAS WAY OVER-DUE,   SO I WENT INSIDE TO THE
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AIRLINES DESK, AND I SAID: "SIR, I WONDER WHY 1203 IS SO LATE".      
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    HE SAID: "OH, THEY PROBABLY TOOK OFF LATE,    OR THEY MAY HAVE RUN 
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INTO SOME TURBULENT WEATHER, AND HAD TO ALTER THEIR COURSE".
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   I WENT BACK OUTSIDE AND I WAITED AT THE GATE AND I WATCHED THE
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BEACON LIGHT FROM THE CONTROL TOWER AS IT WHIPPED THROUGH THE DARK

                                        ( Backing Vocals       )
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EBONY SKIES AS IF IT WERE SEARCHING FOR,  MY E  -  BO - NY EYES.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++SPOKEN with BACKING CHOIR:

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   THEN CAME THE AN-NOUNCEMENT OVER THE LOUDSPEAKER:
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   "WOULD THOSE HAVING RELATIVES OR FRIENDS ON FLIGHT NUMBER 1203,
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PLEASE RE-PORT TO THE CHAPEL ACROSS THE STREET AT ONCE".

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THEN I FELT  A BURNING  BREAK DEEP IN-SIDE, AND I KNEW THE HEAVENLY

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E- BO-NY SKIES. HAD TAKEN MY LIFE'S MOST WONDERFUL PRIZE,

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MY BEAUTIFUL E-BO-NY EYES.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++OUTRO:

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IF I EVER GET TO,  HEAVEN I'LL BET, THE FIRST ANGEL I'LL RECOG-NIZE.
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SHE'LL SMILE AT ME AND I KNOW SHE WILL BE,
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MY BEAUTIFUL E-BO-NY E-YES.