Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Instrumental

Berry was making a commentary on race in this song, using "brown eyed" as code for minority. This is most apparent in the line: Ever since the world began There's been a whole lot of good women sheddin' tears For a brown eyed handsome man

The first verse was inspired by Berry observing a West Coast policeman trying to arrest a Hispanic man for loitering until a girl talked him out of the arrest: He was sitting in the witness stand The judge's wife called up the district attorney Said you free that brown-eyed man

This runs only 2:15, but contains six verses. Berry could pack a lot of lyrics into a small space.