As far as we can discern, the past few weeks have been amongst the slowest in the history of music. There have been glimmers (such as yesterday’s Song of the Week from Warpaint and Mocky’s new songs), but heavens to mergatroid!  To keep the ball and stone rollin’ and to throw back a bit, check out below The Rolling Stones’ official video for their tongue-in-cheek, countrified Far Away Eyes off of their superb 1978 album Some Girls.  From disco to reggae to country to rock, Some Girls had it all.  Watch below as the hilarity ensues amongst the band members.  The song’s lyrics are at bottom.

“I was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield
Listening to gospel music on the colored radio station
And the preacher said “you know you always have the
Lord by your side.”

And I was so pleased to be informed of this that I ran
Twenty red lights in his honor
Thank you Jesus, thank you lord.

I had an arrangement to meet a girl, and I was kind of late
And I thought by the time I got there shed be off
Shed be off with the nearest truck driver she could find
Much to my surprise, there she was sittin’ in the corner
A little bleary, worse for wear and tear
Was a girl with far away eyes

So if you’re down on your luck
And you cant harmonize
Find a girl with far away
And if you’re downright disgusted
And life ain’t worth a dime
Get a girl with far away eyes

Well the preacher kept right on saying that all I had to do was send
Ten dollars to the church of the sacred bleeding heart of jesus
Located somewhere in Los Angeles, California
And next week they’d say my prayer on the radio
And all my dreams would come true
So I did, the next week, I got a prayer with a girl
Well, you know what kind of eyes she got

So if you’re down on your luck
I know you all sympathize
Find a girl with far away eyes
And if you’re downright disgusted
And life ain’t worth a dime
Get a girl with far away eyes”