Bright Eyes

Album: The Very Best of Art Garfunkel (1979)
Charted: 1
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  • Is it a kind of a dream?
    Floating out on the tide
    Following the river of death downstream
    Oh, is it a dream?

    There's a fog along the horizon
    A strange glow in the sky
    And nobody seems to know where you go
    And what does it mean?
    Oh, is it a dream?

    Bright eyes, burning like fire
    Bright eyes, how can you close and fail?
    How can the light that burned so brightly
    Suddenly burn so pale?
    Bright eyes

    Is it a kind of a shadow?
    Reaching into the night
    Wandering over the hills unseen
    Or is it a dream?

    There's a high wind in the trees
    A cold sound in the air
    And nobody ever knows when you go
    And where do you start?
    Oh, into the dark

    Bright eyes, burning like fire
    Bright eyes, how can you close and fail?
    How can the light that burned so brightly
    Suddenly burn so pale?
    Bright eyes

    Bright eyes, burning like fire
    Bright eyes, how can you close and fail?
    How can the light that burned so brightly
    Suddenly burn so pale?
    Bright eyes Writer/s: Mike Batt
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Blackavar from HereFiver doesn't think Hazel is dead. He's psychic and he knows he's alive and needs to find him. Batt is questioning the authors knowledge of HIS OWN story? The song was about dying, not actual death. I question BOTH of their knowledge.
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