<P> The song 's nostalgic lyrics about a former love were considered too suggestive at the time to be played on many radio stations . A radio - edit of the song was released which removed the lyrics `` making love in the green grass '' , replacing them with `` laughin ' and a-runnin ' , hey hey '' from a previous verse . This edited version appears on some copies of the compilation album The Best of Van Morrison . However the remastered CD seems to have the bowdlerised lyrics in the packaging but the original `` racy '' lyrics on the disc . Lyrically , it `` shows early hints of the idealized pastoral landscapes that would flow through his songs through the decades , a tendency that links him to the Romantic poets , whom Morrison has cited as an influence '' according to music journalist Erik Hage . </P>
<P> The song 's nostalgic lyrics about a former love were considered too suggestive at the time to be played on many radio stations . A radio - edit of the song was released which removed the lyrics `` making love in the green grass '' , replacing them with `` laughin ' and a-runnin ' , hey hey '' from a previous verse . This edited version appears on some copies of the compilation album The Best of Van Morrison . However the remastered CD seems to have the bowdlerised lyrics in the packaging but the original `` racy '' lyrics on the disc . Lyrically , it `` shows early hints of the idealized pastoral landscapes that would flow through his songs through the decades , a tendency that links him to the Romantic poets , whom Morrison has cited as an influence '' according to music journalist Erik Hage . </P>
what is the song brown eyed girl about
what is the song brown eyed girl about
a former love
a former love