Nellie Takes Her Bow is from the No Answer album. It was the first ELO
Album ever, back when Roy Wood was part of ELO.
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* lyrics and chords by Shangri-La *
* corrections or suggestions welcome *
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All music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne
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Who thanked the Lord for the clothes that she wore and mended
Nellie with the big old fashioned eyes
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Who won the heart of a crowd tore apart, took a bow
Nellie there's a different world backstage
(Chorus:)
I see the flood lights burning
I hear the band play on
Now Nel---lie takes her bow
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She said she really could not stay
Nellie she had a brand new play to play
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And so she paints her face and smiles
And she'll be some one else in a while
(Chorus)
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Just another lonely girl who could not face a broken world
And so she acts out all her dreams
and wishes that's how it had been
But when the audience is near
It seems as though she doesn't seem to care
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Nellie just sent me a line to tell me she was doing fine
She got the lead and on Brodway
And now they're digging her today
And as she turns the final page
Living some one's life upon the stage
(Chorus)