10000 Maniacs Ellen Lyrics

Ellen Lyrics

Eager to please was just the way 
that he was though his attempts there falling short, 
expectation see he would tell of all his conquests, was he bragging? 
but in the evening all alone Ellen unplanned delays saving for someone 
who really cared about you invincible 
they say married to your name she was the kind between a child and a lady, 
quick was her temper like a blaze from an ember no one had measured 
to her standard, so in the evening all alone all alone how do I tell them 
to open their minds and to take a chance maybe on finding 
life's treasure stubborn they stay set in their ways really not wanting 
to be lonely not alone