Eleanor Rigby    (video)

 

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1.     I′m Eleanor Rigby, I picked up the rice

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    in the church where the wedding's had been, yeah.

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    I′m Eleanor Rigby, I'm keepin' my face in a jar by the door.

 

    You wanna know what is it for ?

 

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Well, all the lonely people,      where do they all come from ? Yeah !

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    All the lonely people,       where do they all belong now ?

 

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2.    Father McKenzie, writin′ the words to a sermon

 

    that no one will hear, no one comes near.

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    Look at him workin′, darnin' his socks in the night.

 

    What does he care? Yeah !

 

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    All the lonely people,       where do they all come from ?

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    All the lonely people,        where do they all belong ?

 

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+  Yeah, (Eleanor,       Eleanor Rigby !)

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    Hey, yeah, (Eleanor) Eleanor,       (Eleanor Rigby) !

 

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3.    Eleanor Rigby, died in the church

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    and was buried along with her name, nobody came.

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    Father McKenzie, wipin′ the dirt from his hands

 

    as he walked from the grave.

 

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Sayin' all the lonely people, where do, where do they come from ?

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All over the world, the lonely, lonely, lonely, people,

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    where do, where do they all belong ?

 

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+ Lonely, only the lonely know  !

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    Ooh, lonely, only the lonely people know !

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    Just like Eleanor Rigby, yeah, Eleanor, Eleanor Rigby !

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    Only the lonely, yeah, the lonely !

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    God bless, God bless the lonely …

 

 

    (Aretha Franklin)