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