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 dont 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...