Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Arthur Russell
Canonical path: /arthur-russell/eli
Related lyric paths: 6
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Eli
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Eli
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Eli, eli, eli
Eli, eli, eli
A simple dog, with ears and nose
Eli, eli, eli.
I don't know why nobody likes him
There's some people trying to put him away
When he comes up to them
They always say 'go away, go away
Please take him home'
Make him stay
Eli, eli, eli
Eli, eli, eli
Several times I've tried to tell him
'Please don't make them say that'
But he won't listen to me
Sometimes I pray that there could be more between us
But some people never are satisfied
Eli, eli, eli
Eli, eli, eli
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Arthur Russell performs "Eli", and this lyric page sits inside the Arthur Russell catalog on LyroVerse.
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