Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl (1967)

"Brown Eyed Girl" was written and recorded in 1967 by Van Morrison and produced by Bang Records chief Bert Berns. It was first released in May 1967 on the album Blowin Your Mind. When released as a single, it rose to number eight on the Cashbox charts, and reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100.
Lyrics :
Hey, where did we go
Days when the rains came?
Down in the hollow
Playin' a new game

Laughin' and a-runnin', hey hey
Skippin' and a-jumpin'
In the misty mornin' fog
With our, our hearts a-thumpin'

And you, my brown eyed girl
You my brown eyed girl

And whatever happened
To Tuesday and so slow
Going down the old mine
With a transistor radio

Standin' in the sunlight laughin'
Hidin' behind a rainbow's wall
Slippin' and a-slidin'
All along the waterfall

With you, my brown eyed girl
You my brown eyed girl

Do you remember when
We used to sing?
Sha la la, la la, la la, la la, l-la te da
Just like that
Sha la la, la la, la la, la la, l-la te da
La te da

So hard to find my way
Now that I'm all on my own
I saw you just the other day
My, how you have grown

Cast my memory back there Lord
Sometimes I'm overcome thinkin' 'bout it
Laughin' and a-runnin', hey hey
Behind the stadium
With you, my brown eyed girl
You my brown eyed girl

Do you remember when
We used to sing?
Sha la la, la la, la la, la la, l-la te da
Sha la la, la la, la la, la la, l-la te da
Sha la la, la la, la la, la la, l-la te da
Sha la la la la, la la la la, la te da, la te da, la te da, da da da
Sha la la, la la, la la, la la, l-la te da

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• Brown Eyed Girl
• Blowin Your Mind

[wikidkila]

you messed up the lyrics

[rocknsixties]

@wikidkila Thank you for your comment ! I think lyrics are correct now.

[alexpounder]

Thank you for uploading this video. However, I must regret to inform you that if I see someone else has uploaded the non- original version I will kill an orphan. THEY WERE MAKING LOVE IN THE GREEN GRASS! Sheesh there are songs out today titled "Fuck you" and this is censored?

[BlackSpyder73]

Why isn't one of the versions the right words!?!?!? Why do they always take out the MAKING LOVE part?!?!? What crap!! They keep in all the foul language of today's music!?!?!?

[perseus43]

@eleni1968 Brown sugar referred to heroin not skin colour and like the song cocaine and others like lucy in the sky with diamonds (LSD) was popular in that era as was jimi Hendrix purple haze,dave bowies major Tom in ashes to ashes etc.

[eleni1968]

I had heard or read too long ago to rememeber where that the ORIGINAL title was my "Brown Skinned Girl" and the lyrics were somewhat different as they referred to an inter-racial relationship. Van Morrison was pressured by the label who signed him into changing it given the fact it was 1967 & America was struggling with the Civil Rights Movet. Later? the Rolling Stones released "Brown Sugar" as a test to see how American would react? Can someone clarify who really KNOWS about this.

[saxophonekid1996]

us with blue-eyed girlfriends feel a little weird when listening to this song.. lmfao

[chinaman471]

I played this for my first brown-eyed girlfriend and found it a very useful song to play as the years went by to a number of brown-eyed beauties.... Thanks Van for your song... it has paid big dividends over the years.

[socks1949]

The classic song Brown Eyed Girl

[abunawaas]

Ik heb nog die LP nog gekocht augustus 1967 in Sneek toen we nog in Friesland woonden