Well, since I first heard the song ‘Eleanor Rigby’ I thought there should have
been more to the story.
How did she get to the point to where the actual song starts?
So I came up with my own beginning to it.
My part is written in bold, and after the dashes below is the original song.
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Father McKenzie prays in the Church on a cold winter’s eve.
Feels like a dream.
Hears the wind blowing, then a knock and a cry at the door.
Who is it for?
All the lonely people.
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people.
Where do they all belong?
Father McKenzie picks up a child that someone has left by the door.
She cries no more.
Finds a only a letter, as he takes her in from cold winter air.
What name does it bear?
All the lonely people.
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people.
Where do they all belong?
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Eleanor Rigby grows up in the Church, every word of the sermons she hears.
Knows no fears.
Meets a young man, who says they will wed someday.
But he can not stay.
All the lonely people.
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people.
Where do they all belong?
Father McKenzie quietly working, when a knock comes again from the door.
News of the war.
Eleanor Rigby cries as he tells her of the news that had only just came.
Her love, no one could save.
All the lonely people.
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people.
Where do they all belong?
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Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear
No one comes near.
Look at him working,darning his socks in the night when there’s nobody there
What does he care?
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
(Bolded lyrics by Jimmie D. Ratliff II. Original lyrics and title by Lennon-McCartney)
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