“Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles,” Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Almost Blue - Elvis Costello
Now your eyes are red
from crying
Almost blue…
Diamonds and Rust - Joan Baez
As I recall
Your eyes were bluer than robins’ eggs
Nothing for blue-green eyes, I see.
All the eye-color songs I know of have already been posted.
Blackest Eyes by Porcupine Tree beats them out.
How about If I Ever Fall in Love by Shai?
Perhaps not the greatest lyrics of all time, but…
Dave Matthews - Grey Blue Eyes
If you’ve ever seen El Mariachi, there is a HILLARIOUS (in context) song about castration that mentions a woman with “Northern Eyes” (the woman in question had blue eyes, though I’m not entirely sure what “Northern Eyes” would mean in the context of a naked mariachi singer in Mexico.
I think I love you for remembering not only who Shai was, but even the lyrics from one of their songs. That’s just lovely.
<3
Hmm, there must be a Beatles song I can mention…
Ah, yes. Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Kaldeidoscope eyes would be both brown and blue, I suppose.
And how about They Might Be Giants’ “Famous Polka”?
The famous person has the same eye color as me
How do we count that one?
Actually, this is one of the most commonly misquoted lyrics in history. The line is really an homage to a brand of pastries that was much-beloved during the bandmates’ youth in Liverpool. It wasn’t that the pastries themselves were that great, but the sellers made a point of hiring pretty girls to staff the carts and sell the treats. The manufacturer was named after the Greek entrepreneur who started the company many years before; they unfortunately went bankrupt a while back. That’s why you can no longer find a girl with Kalidis Co. Pies anywhere.
How about “Sweat” by Inner Circle?
Standing across the room
I saw you smile
Said I want to talk to you-oo-oo
For a little while
But before I make my move
My emotions start running wild
My tongue gets tied
And that’s no lie
I´m looking in your eyes
I´m looking in you big brown eyes
Ooh yeah
And I’ve got this to say to you
Hey!
Some classic standards:
That’s My Weakness Now (“He’s got eyes of blue…”)
You’ve Got Your Mother’s Big Blue Eyes
Russian Lullaby (“Where a baby’s brown eyes glisten”)
Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue?
I’m Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
Better Not Roll Those Blue, Blue Eyes
Beautiful Brown Eyes
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
Omg, did you just invent this crazy story right now? That’s the weirdest post I have seen for some time.
Hey, I just noticed, noone mentioned Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You, yet
So, they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold,
And star-light in your eyes of blue.
A little Country mixed in (though Crystal Gayle was mentioned):
The Bluest Eyes in Texas by Restless Heart
I presume then that you missed my treatise on the genitalia of identical twins.
As of post #57 the score is as follows(Minus Duplicates)
Blue 42
Brown 21
Green 5
Black\Ebony 4
Red 3
Hazel 1
Kaleidoscope 1
Do we count the songs that speak unfavorably of the person with that eye-color as votes in favor, or votes against?
Thin Lizzy, Roisin Dubh
“Ah sure, Brendan where have you Behan?
Looking for a girl with green eyes”