Eleanor Rigby
performed by The Beatles

I read the news today oh, boy About a lucky man who made the grade And though the news was rather sad Well, i just had to laugh I saw the photograph He blew his mind out in a car He didn't notice that the lights had changed A crowd of people stood and stared They'd seen his face before Nobody was really sure if he was from the house of lords I saw a film today oh, boy The English army had just won the war A crowd of people turned away But i just had to look Having read the book I love to turn you on. Woke up, got out of bed Dragged a comb across my head Found my way downstairs and drank a cup And looking up, I noticed I was late Found my coat and grabbed my hat Made the bus in seconds flat Found my way upstairs and had a smoke Somebody spoke and I went into a dream Ah I read the news today oh, boy Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire And though the holes were rather small They had to count them all Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert hall I'd love to turn you on

Words are flying out like endless rain into a paper cup They slither while they pass They slip away across the universe Pools of sorrow waves of joy are drifting thorough my open mind Possessing and caressing me Jai guru deva om Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes That call me on and on across the universe Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box they tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe Jai guru deva om Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Sounds of laughter shades of life are ringing through my open ears exciting and inviting me Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns It calls me on and on across the universe Jai guru deva om Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Jai guru deva Jai guru deva

She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah You think you've lost your love When, I saw her yesterday-yi-yay It's you she's thinking of And she told me what to say-yi-yay She says she loves you and you know that can't be bad Yes, she loves you and you know you should be glad She said you hurt her soul She almost lost her mind And now she says she knows You're not the hurting kind She says she loves you and you know that can't be bad Yes, she loves you and you know you should be glad Oo, she loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah And with a love like that You know you should be glad You know it's up to you I think it's only fair Pride can hurt you too Apologize to her Because she loves you and you know that can't be bad Yes, she loves you and you know you should be glad Oo, she loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah And with a love like that You know you should be glad And with a love like that you know you should be glad

Picture yourself in a boat on a river, With tangerine trees and marmalade skies Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly, A girl with kaleidoscope eyes. Cellophane flowers of yellow and green, Towering over your head. Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes, And she's gone. {REFRAIN} Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Ah... Ah... {VERSE 2} Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies, Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers, That grow so incredibly high. Newspaper taxis appear on the shore, Waiting to take you away. Climb in the back with your head in the clouds, And you're gone. {REFRAIN} Picture yourself on a train in a station, With plasticine porters with looking glass ties, Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile, The girl with kaleidoscope eyes. {REFRAIN REPEATED AND FADED}

Eleanor Rigby is a novel about a lonely woman at ages 36 and 42. The novel is written as a first-person narrative by the main character, Liz Dunn. The novel focuses on the changes to Liz's life when someone from her past unexpectedly re-enters her life. It is written in a light, often comic, tone, but resonates on many deeper issues, including loneliness, family, religious visions and multiple sclerosis.