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- #2Wake Up
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- #3Rock Down Low
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- #4Nancy Sing Me a Song
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- #5Dear Elaine
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- #6Medley: All the Way Over the Hill/Irish Loafer (And His Hen)
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- #7Miss Clarke and the Computer
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- #8When Gran’ma Plays the Banjo
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- #9Rock Medley: ”Rockin’ Shoes”/”She’s Too Good for Me”/”Locomotive
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Dear Elaine by Roy Wood
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Dear Elaine is one of the album’s calmer pieces, and leans more into the writing style presented in “Whisper In the Night,” which Wood wrote for the Electric Light Orchestra. It was performed live as part of the setlist in ELO’s first set of shows (prior to Wood’s departure from the band). The only...
Dear Elaine Lyrics
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My dear Elaine, may I see you again ?
For I've loved you and I hope to be forgiven
It's been a cold night, how I long to see the light
To have you there, to feel your hair
Dear Elaine, will it still be the same ?
From the gateway to your arms I am forbidden
It's been a cold night, need the love that burns so bright
To have you there, to feel your hair
Thoughts that once remained discreet
Fall like servants at your feet
Ah ah ah
Come here, Elaine, please, attend to the pain
Please, relieve the darkened clouds of evening
Prayers I could say, how you swept them all away
I can't believe you chose to leave
God, that wears a sallow face
Seems to put me in my place
Ah ah ah
Dear Elaine, will it still be the same ?
Now the house of spirit crumbles for your love wears many gowns
Love has risen, it has stumbled
Dear Elaine, why should you wish to leave ?
Dear Elaine, may I see you again ?
For I've loved you and I hope to be forgiven
It's been a cold night, how I long to see the light
To have you there, to feel your hair, dear Elaine