Discover the story of the song > A Pair of Brown Eyes – The Pogues

The protagonist was drunk and heard an old man sing a song about love while Johnny's music played. He then had a vision of war where men were dying and the only thing he could see was the brown eyes of his partner. When he returned home, he couldn't find her. He left the place drunk and heard sounds from his past, still searching for her brown eyes. The protagonist is roving for his partner's brown eyes.