Eleanor Young Lyrics - Everclear

Eleanor young, eleanor child 

Standing on a lonely hilltop in the appalachian wild 

Eleanor sing, eleanor scream 

Shout loud for your own green world 

Doors don't open for the country girl 

Oh, they lied to you 

They sung to you songs you weren't meant to hear 

They showed you life your eyes were never meant to see 

Yeah, you should have seen right through 

But you believed 

Eleanor grow, eleanor cold 

Midnight in a dim-lit diner, in the driving detroit snow 

Eleanor yearn, eleanor learn 

One child with no last name 

Your boyfriend runs who do you blame 

Oh, he lied to you 

He did to you things they taught you were sin 

He took from you the best that was within you 

He showed you things your eyes should never have seen 

And the saddest thing of all, baby you believed 

Yeah, yeah, the saddest thing of all, you believed 

Yeah mama you believed 

Eleanor age, eleanor cage 

See california on new year's day 

Sun shines warm on the rose parade 

Eleanor ache, eleanor break 

Come out west with your last born child 

I grew up scared, weird, and wild 

Oh you lied to me 

You hid from me knowledge I should have known 

You kept from me the life that was my own 

You shielded me from things I should have seen 

For a very short while mama, I believed...