Blue
On a weekend pass,
I wouldn't have had time
To get home and marry that baby of mine
So I went to the chaplain,
and he authorized Me to send for my ebony eyes
My ebony eyes
was coming
to me
From out of the skies on flight 1203
In an hour or two,
I would whisper I do
To my beautiful ebony eyes
The plane was way overdue,
so I went inside to the airline's desk
And I said, sir,
I wonder why 1203 is so late?
He said, oh, they probably took off late
Or they may have run into some turbulent weather
And had to alter their course
I went back outside, and I waited at the gate
And I watched the beacon light from the control tower
As it whipped through the dark ebony
skies As if it were searching for
My ebony eyes
And then came the announcement over the loudspeaker
With those having relatives or friends on flight number 1203
Please report to the chapel across the street at once
Then I felt a burning break deep inside And I knew
the heavenly ebony skies
Had taken my life's most wonderful prize My beautiful ebony eyes
If I ever get to heaven, I'll bet
The first angel I'll recognize
He'll smile at me,
and I know she will be My beautiful ebony eyes