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Far Away Eyes
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“Far Away Eyes” is the sixth track from rock and roll band The Rolling Stones’s 1978 album Some Girls.
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards collaborated extensively on writing the song and was recorded in late 1977 and a demo version was called “You Win Again”. A bootleg version with Keith singing exists. The Stones, longtime country music fans, incorporated many aspects of Bakersfield-style country music into this song. These included in particular Ron Wood’s use of a pedal steel guitar for a solo and highlights, an instrument used on other songs from the album like “Shattered” and “When the Whip Comes Down”. Also of note is the plodding rhythm of Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman. Richards performed acoustic and electric guitars as well as sharing duties on the piano with...
Read on...Song lines: ♪ And if you're downright disgusted ... And life ain't worth a damn ... Get a girl with far away eyes ♫
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