Evelyn

She lived alone in the apartment above me When she took her life A woman of the cloth they told us No, that couldn't be right A father cruel and a mother cold Love in short supply She longed to be born into some other time Escape into the night She'd been born into a wealthy family Where love was never known Soon they fell on hard times Dad left and gone Left a mother to raise a child One that no one had wanted Oh, Evelyn Poor Evelyn Then one night she stepped to the light Offered herself up to God But he never came to save the child One that just wanted love As the years drew on mired in sadness Evelyn took to the night In search of a love that she'd been denied All of her life And she cursed the God above her For the love that she'd never known She lived alone in the apartment above us When she took her life A woman of the cloth they told us No, that just couldn't be right Oh, Evelyn Poor Evelyn Died alone one night Oh, Evelyn Poor Evelyn