her disease was caught by eye docs early
kept her left eye patched for quite a while
its out of hand...its always acting squirrelly
and when you see her face you have to smile

as a teen, she sat at home, quite lonely
and her home became her refuge every night
and it breaks her heart to think that love is
only given to a girl with eyes that act alright

but she got so tired of staying home each evening
her lack of social life had got her down
so she put sunglasses on as she was leaving
she wasn't gonna flash her eyes around

you can't hide your lazy eye
and your shades are a thin disguise
and though you tried to fool the guys
there ain't no way to hide your lazy eye

its the starboard eye the doctors tried to straighten
the lazy orb would droop and lose appeal
you'd look at her and start anticipating
cause an eye like that is so hard to conceal

she wishes that her eyes would work together
she whimpers that it really cramps her style
she swears she'll die if they stay this way forever
until that day, she knows she'll never smile

you can't hide your lazy eye
and your shades are a thin disguise
and though you tried to fool the guys
there ain't no way to hide your lazy eye

she gives up and peers out of her strong one
and stares until the other goes awry
in subtle light, its hard to use the wrong one
she grabs her shades and hangs her head and cries

she wonders if it makes her face look crazy
with those eyes, its hard to look real cool
when she gets tired, it makes her eye get lazy
dips so far down, she feels just like a fool

my oh my, her peepers are such strange things
although she hides the fact so carefully
its not funny that her doctors cannot change things
she's still the wall-eyed girl she used to be

you can't hide your lazy eye
and your shades are a thin disguise
and though you tried to fool the guys
there ain't no way to hide your lazy eye
there ain't no way to hide your lazy eye
honey, you can't hide your lazy eye