"Dark Eyes" is a folk song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan that appears as the 10th and final track on his 1985 album Empire Burlesque.
The song features a sparse arrangement in which Dylan's vocal is only accompanied by his own acoustic guitar and a harmonica played in a rack, and is thus devoid of the "80s style" aesthetic for which the rest of the album is known.
[4] According to his memoir, Chronicles: Volume One, Dylan wrote the song specifically to close the album at the suggestion of engineer Arthur Baker.
Dylan claims that inspiration for the song came from seeing a prostitute in a hallway at the Plaza Hotel on 59th Street in New York City: "As I stepped out of the elevator, a call girl was coming toward me in the hallway—pale yellow hair wearing a fox coat—high heeled shoes that could pierce your heart.
In an article accompanying the list, critic Kevin Korber notes that the song shows signs of being "put together quickly" but that its simplicity "arguably works in its favor.
He interpreted the song's famous final line ("A million faces at my feet but all I see are dark eyes") as being "about finding what's important in your life".