Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Aretha Franklin
Piano
Jerry Jemmott
Bass Guitar
Roger Hawkins
Drums
Barry Beckett
Electric Piano
Eddie Hinton
Guitar
Jimmy Johnson
Guitar
King Curtis
Tenor Saxophone
Cissy Houston
Background Vocals
Estelle Brown
Background Vocals
Jerry Weaver
Guitar
Myrna Smith
Background Vocals
Sylvia Shemwell
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Paul McCartney
Songwriter
John Lennon
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Arif Mardin
Producer
Jerry Wexler
Producer
Tom Dowd
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm Eleanor Rigby
I picked up the rice in the church
Where the weddings had been, yeah
I'm Eleanor Rigby
I'm keeping my face in a jar by the door
Wanna know, what is it for?
[Verse 2]
Well, all the lonely people (Only the lonely, the lonely know)
Where do they all come from? Yeah (Only the lonely, the lonely people)
All the lonely people (Only the lonely, the lonely know)
Where do they all belong now? (Only the lonely, the lonely people)
[Verse 3]
Father Mackenzie
Writing the words to a sermon that no one will hear
No one comes near
Look at him working
Darning his socks in the night
What does he care? Yeah
[Verse 4]
All the lonely people (Only the lonely, the lonely know)
Where do they all come from? (Only the lonely, the lonely people)
All the lonely people (Only the lonely, the lonely know)
Where do they all belong? (Only the lonely, the lonely people)
[Verse 5]
Yeah
(Eleanor)
Mmm-hmm
(Eleanor Rigby)
Mmm-hmm, yeah
(Eleanor)
Eleanor, yeah, yeah
(Eleanor Rigby)
Mmm-hmm
[Verse 6]
Eleanor Rigby died in the church
And was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father Mackenzie
Wiping the dirt from his hands
As he walks from the grave
[Verse 7]
Saying, all the lonely people (Only the lonely, the lonely know)
Where do they all come from? (Only the lonely, the lonely people)
All over the world, the lonely, lonely, lonely people (Only the lonely, the lonely know)
Where do, where do they all belong? (Only the lonely, the lonely people)
[Verse 8]
Ooh, only
(Eleanor)
Only the lonely know (Eleanor Rigby)
Ooh-ooh, the lonely (Eleanor)
Only the lonely people know (Eleanor Rigby)
Just like Eleanor Rigby (The lonely)
Yeah
Eleanor, Eleanor Rigby (Eleanor Rigby)
(Oh only the lonely) Only the lonely
Yeah, the lonely (Eleanor Rigby, oh, only)
God bless (Only the lonely, the lonely know)
God bless the lonely people
Written by: John Lennon, Paul McCartney