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INTRO
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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.
CHORUS
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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
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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.
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