Prettiest Eyes
Beautiful South And The Housemartins Lyrics

Line one is the time That you, you first stayed over at mine And we drank our first bottle of wine And we cried
I remember the very first time you stayed over, and how we shared our first bottle of wine together. We spent the night crying, sharing our emotions and vulnerabilities.

Line two we're away And we both, we both had nowhere to stay Well the bus-shelter's always OK When you're young
We were away from home with nowhere to stay, but being young and carefree, we found a bus-shelter to sleep in for the night.

Now you're older and I look at your face Every wrinkle is so easy to place And I only write them down just in case That you die
Now that we've both grown older, I look at your face and see every wrinkle, marking the passage of time. I write them down just in case something should happen to you and I want to remember your face forever.

Let's take a look at these crows feet, just look Sitting on the prettiest eyes Sixty 25th of Decembers Fifty-nine 4th of Julys Not through the age or the failure, children Not through the hate or despise Take a good look at these crows feet Sitting on the prettiest eyes
Let's examine these crow's feet around your eyes, despite the fact that they were not caused by age, failure or hate. You have lived through sixty Christmases and fifty-nine Fourth of Julys, and yet your eyes remain the prettiest feature on your face. They are a testament to the life you have lived and the joy you have experienced.

Line three I forget But I think, I think it was our first ever bet And the horse we backed was short of a leg Never mind
I can't remember the third line of this verse, but I think it was about our first bet together. Unfortunately, the horse we chose didn't win, but it doesn't matter.

Line four in a park And the things, the things that people do in the dark I could hear the faintest beat of your heart Then we did
I remember the time we spent in the park, doing things that people usually do in the dark. I could hear the faint beat of your heart, and it made me feel closer to you. We made love that night.

Well my eyes look like a map of the town And my teeth are either yellow or they're brown But you'll never hear the crack of a frown When you are here You'll never hear the crack Of a frown
My eyes are full of wrinkles and my teeth are yellow or brown, but when I'm with you, I can never be sad. You bring so much happiness to my life that you'll never hear me frown.