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

[Verse 1]
I still remember
That little girl
Black eyes just staring
At the mean old world
Went off to find
Some American dream
Train ticket in the pocket
Of her new blue jeans

[Chorus]
Evangeline (Evangeline)
She's on her own (She's on her own)
Just barely seventeen (Just seventeen)
When she left home (When she left home)
Don't know where she's been (Don't know where she's been)
Or where she's going (Or where she's going)
She is the queen of make-believe, Evangeline
[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
I remember
She was out all night
Stockings and lipstick
Looking fine and running wild
On Monday morning
She's on her own
Head lying on the back stair
By the telephone

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