Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Johnny Cash Lyrics

Arrested on charges of unemployment,
He was arrested for being jobless

He was sitting in the witness stand
He sat in the witness stand

The judge's wife called up the district attorney
The judge's wife contacted the district attorney

Said you free that brown eyed man
She demanded the release of the brown eyed man

You want your job you better free that brown eyed man
She gave an ultimatum to free him to keep the job

Flying across the desert in a TWA,
He flew across the desert in a TWA plane

I saw a woman walking across the sand
He witnessed a woman walking on the sand

She been a-walkin' thirty miles en route to Bombay.
She had walked thirty miles on her way to Bombay

To get a brown eyed handsome man
Her purpose was to find a brown eyed handsome man

Her destination was a brown eyed handsome man
She was heading towards a place where a brown eyed handsome man was

Way back in history three thousand years
Three thousand years ago in the past

Back every since the world began
Since the beginning of the world

There's been a whole lot of good women shed a tear
Many good women have cried

For a brown eyed handsome man
Over a brown eyed handsome man

That's what the trouble was brown eyed handsome man
The trouble was caused by the brown eyed handsome man

Beautiful daughter couldn't make up her mind
The beautiful daughter was indecisive

Between a doctor and a lawyer man
She had to choose between a doctor and a lawyer

Her mother told her daughter go out and find yourself
Her mother advised her daughter to go and find

A brown eyed handsome man
A brown eyed handsome man to choose for herself

That's what your daddy is a brown eyed handsome man
The father of the daughter is a brown-eyed handsome man

Milo Venus was a beautiful lass
Milo Venus was a beautiful girl

She had the world in the palm of her hand
She had complete control over the world

But she lost both her arms in a wrestling match
She lost both her arms during a wrestling match

To get brown eyed handsome man
To win over a brown eyed handsome man

She fought and won herself a brown eyed handsome man
She fought and won the heart of a brown eyed handsome man

Two, three count with nobody on
The score was two to three and no one was on the field

He hit a high fly into the stand
He hit a high fly ball that landed in the stands

Rounding third he was headed for home
He ran past the third base towards the home base

It was a brown eyed handsome man
The person who won the game was a brown-eyed handsome man