“Eloise” is one of several songs from a 1983 rehearsal session, The Happy Sounds of the Crowd, by a pre-Guided by Voices band called The Crowd.
It was first publicly released in 2015 on Suitcase Four, credited to The Crowd. The song’s vocal melody was also used on the Pollard solo song “Wrinkled Gh...
[Verse 1]
Eloise, Eloise
I'm running you just better, but you just don't please
Eloise, Eloise
All the loving in my heart, what you mean to me
[Chorus]
I want you by my side
You're laughing and I'm crying
So if you were to go away
Eloise, you know I'd die
Eloise, Eloise, Eloise
Eloise, Eloise, Eloise
[Verse 2]
Eloise, Eloise
You're just a silly girl but so hard to please
Eloise, Eloise
Why do I have to go down on my knees?
[Chorus]
I want you by my side
You're laughing and I'm crying
So if you were to go away
Eloise, you know I'd die
Eloise, Eloise, Eloise
Eloise, Eloise, Eloise
[Outro]
Eloise, Eloise
I'm running you just better, but you just don't please
Eloise was written by Robert Pollard.
Eloise was produced by Guided by Voices.
The Crowd (Lo-Fi) released Eloise on Fri Nov 20 2015.