"EVERGREEN EYES" I once new a lady with evergreen eyes And they’d give her away, if ever she lied She said, "Johnny I love you, I love you true blue" And I looked in those eyes, And I saw it was true Chorus: Why lady, why lady, is your love for me My lovin’s been wild, My spirit’s been free When I drink from the bottle, My temper is bad She said, "I’ve always wanted, What I could not have She said, "I’ve always wanted, What I could not have Have…Have… Have… Have Bridge: My hands are as rough, As a new galley rail And an iron glad fist, Backs the wind in my sails I cuss like a sailor, For surely I be If you follow me home, You will swim in the sea But you are quite a beautiful Las And you are mightily soft to the touch So if you will have me, Then we’ll marry Now we’ve been together one year to the night And I bid my fair love say, "You love me" alright The words she did say, But those evergreen eyes That once told me she loved me, Now tell me she lies Modified Chorus: Where lady, where lady, is your love for me My lovin’s not wild, My spirit’s not free I don’t drink from the bottle, And my temper’s not bad She said, "I only wanted, What I could not have" She said, "I only wanted, What I could not have" "Have…Have… Have… Have"