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ON A WEEKEND PASS I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TIME TO GET HOME AND MARRY
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THAT BABY OF MINE SO I WENT TO THE CHAPLAIN AND HE AUTHO-RIZED
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ME TO SEND FOR MY EBONY EYES
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MY EBONY EYES WAS COMING TO ME FROM OUT OF THE SKIES
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ON FLIGHT TWELVE - O - THREE IN AN HOUR OR TWO
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I WOULD WHISPER I DO TO MY BEAUTIFUL EBONY EYES
SPOKEN with BACKING CHOIR
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THE PLANE WAS WAY OVER-DUE SO I WENT INSIDE TO THE
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AIRLINES DESK AND I SAID SIR I WONDER WHY 1 3 IS SO LATE
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HE SAID OH THEY PROBABLY TOOK OFF LATE OR THEY MAY HAVE RUN
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INTO SOME TURBULENT WEATHER AND HAD TO ALTER THEIR COURSE
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I WENT BACK OUTSIDE AND I WAITED AT THE GATE AND I WATCHED THE
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BEACON LIGHT FROM THE CONTROL TOWER AS IT WHIPPED THROUGH THE DARK
Backing Vocals
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EBONY SKIES AS IF IT WERE SEARCHING FOR MY E - BO - NY EYES
SPOKEN with BACKING CHOIR
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THEN CAME THE AN-NOUNCEMENT OVER THE LOUDSPEAKER
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WOULD THOSE HAVING RELATIVES OR FRIENDS ON FLIGHT NUMBER 1 3
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PLEASE RE-PORT TO THE CHAPEL ACROSS THE STREET AT ONCE
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THEN I FELT A BURNING BREAK DEEP IN-SIDE AND I KNEW THE HEAVENLY
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E- BO-NY SKIES HAD TAKEN MY LIFE'S MOST WONDERFUL PRIZE
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MY BEAUTIFUL E-BO-NY EYES
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IF I EVER GET TO HEAVEN I'LL BET THE FIRST ANGEL I'LL RECOG-NIZE
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SHE'LL SMILE AT ME AND I KNOW SHE WILL BE
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MY BEAUTIFUL E-BO-NY E-YES