These four young lads saw it right
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Eleanor rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been.
Lives in a dream. Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for? All the lonely people, where do they all come from ?
All the lonely people Where do they all belong ?
Father Mckenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear. No one comes near.
Look at him working, darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there.
What does he care? All the lonely people, where do they all come from? All the lonely people Where do they all belong?
Eleanor rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name. Nobody came.
Father Mckenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave. No one was saved.
All the lonely people Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people Where do they all belong?
The lyrics pretty much say it all. Jesus sees this loneliness. He sees the emptiness. He did something about it and He wants us to do the same.
Jesus spent some time in lonely places because He knew His mission from the Father and He knew that day was not far off.
Luke 5:16
Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
Matthew 11:28
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
