EVENTUALLY EVANGELINE She'll just stand out there all day Night time comes - she won't hear a thing She calls his name out across the water With all my love I try but I can't seem to charm her Eventually Evangeline The door is open all the lights are green Eventually Evangeline Don't spend your life away looking for a dream Evangeline She watches every boat sail past Her long lost lover might sadly be her last Cypress trees sag where they last said goodbye Many years ago under a cross, beneath the sky How I tried my best to tell her Not to waste her love away Her sweet creole eyes see through me For that man who's gone her heart will break all day Time and water roll along Out by that bayou, emmeline is so strong She won't ever leave her Louisianne Locked up in a trance with a ghost of a man