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Evangeline

Jerry Garcia Band
Track 24 on On Broadway: Act One - October 28th, 1987 

Producers

Jerry Garcia, John Cutler &
Aug. 19911 viewer

Evangeline Lyrics

Evangeline
She's on her own
Just barely seventeen
When she left home
Don't know where she's been
Or where she's going
She is the queen of make-believe
Evangeline

I still remember
This little girl
Black eyes just staring
At this mean old world
Went off to find
Some American dream
Train ticket in the pocket
In her new blue jeans

Evangeline
She's on her own
Just barely seventeen
When she left home
Don't know where she's been
Or where she's going
She is the queen of make-believe
Evangeline
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She went out dancing
On a Saturday night
Silk stockings and high heels
Looking fine and running wild
On Sunday morning
She's all alone
Head lying on the back stair
By the telephone

Evangeline
She's on her own
Just barely seventeen
When she left home
Don't know where she's been
Or where she's going
She is the queen of make-believe
Evangeline

I still remember
This little girl
Black eyes just staring
At this mean old world
Went off to find
Some some American dream
Train ticket in the pocket
In her new blue jeans
Evangeline
She's on her own
Just barely seventeen
When she left home
Don't know where she's been
Or where she's going
She is the queen of make-believe
Evangeline

Evangeline
She's on her own
Just barely seventeen
When she left home
Don't know where she's been
Or where she's going
She is the queen of make-believe
Evangeline

She is the queen of make-believe
Evangeline

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On Broadway: Act One - October 28th, 1987 (2015)
  1. 1.
    Opening Announcement (Missing Lyrics)
  2. 2.
    Deep Elem Blues
  3. 3.
    I’m Troubled
  4. 4.
    Spike Driver Blues
  5. 5.
    Band Introductions (Missing Lyrics)
  6. 6.
    Blue Yodel #9
  7. 7.
    Short Life of Trouble
  8. 8.
    If I Lose
  9. 9.
    I’m Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
  10. 10.
    Oh Babe It Ain’t No Lie
  11. 11.
    Drifting Too Far from the Shore
  12. 12.
    Ragged But Right
  13. 13.
    I’ve Been All Around This World
  14. 14.
    Ballad of Casey Jones
  15. 15.
    Rosa Lee McFall
  16. 16.
    Diamond Joe
  17. 17.
    I Ain’t Never
  18. 18.
    It’s a Long Long Way (To the Top of the World)
  19. 19.
    Bright Morning Stars
  20. 20.
    How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
  21. 21.
    Forever Young
  22. 22.
    Stop That Train
  23. 23.
    Run for the Roses
  24. 24.
    Evangeline
  25. 25.
    Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
  26. 26.
    Gomorrah
  27. 27.
    Tangled Up in Blue
  28. 28.
    My Sisters and Brothers
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