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The Hollies – Dear Eloise (1967) | Track profile | Dork

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Butterfly
Dear Eloise

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Dear Eloise

Release date: 1st November 1967

From Butterfly

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About This Track

"Dear Eloise" is a track by The Hollies, from the album Butterfly, released 1st November 1967. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Dear Eloise

[Intro]

Dear Eloise, I am writing to say

A number of funny things I heard today

I heard that he's left you and run off to sea

Could be the best thing that's happened to me

[Chorus]

Writing a letter to make you feel better

Sorry to hear that he left you that way

I could have told you, he was much older

So much older than you

[Verse]

You rushed in blindly, he treated you kindly

Until he found out what he could get from you

You should have departed before he got started

Now you've been burned just like I said you would

[Bridge]

Please read my letter closely

It's beneficial too

You must read in-between the lines

A message you will see

If you use your mind, you'll find

I want you back with me

Ba ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba

Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba

Ba ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba

Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba

[Chorus]

Writing a letter to make you feel better

Sorry to hear that he left you that way

I could have told you, he was much older

So much older than you

So much older than you

So much older than you

[Outro]

Dear Eloise, I am writing to say

A number of funny things I heard today

I heard that he's left you and run off to sea

Could be the best thing that's happened to me

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Track details

From Butterfly

1967

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1967

—Maker
—Try It
—Would You Believe?
—Wishyouawish
—Step Inside
—Dear Eloise
—Pegasus
—Elevated Observations
—Away Away Away
—Charlie and Fred
—Butterfly
—Postcard
—Leave Me
—Do the Best You Can

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Writer: Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, Tony Hicks
Producer: Ron Richards