Dear Evelina Lyrics

It was the month of May when our time was up

And you drove to East L.A. in a pickup truck

You wore your hair in braids and your dress was white

And these are the dreams that come in the lonely night

Dear Evelina, I've been a bad man

But I'd like to tell ya, I gave the best I had

Evelina

Big starry eyes the day you were seventeen

Wore your mascara like you were a beauty queen

I could not tell you then all that my eyes had seen

So I spoke some words to you that I did not mean

Dear Evelina, I've been a bad man

But I'd like to tell ya, I gave the best I had

Evelina

I can't remember like it was the day before

Time does a funny thing when you shut the door

Bending and breaking, that's what a heart is for

Unless you take that heart and you go to war

Dear Evelina, I've been a bad man

But I'd like to tell ya, I gave the best I had

So don't let them break you, baby

No matter how far you go

No matter how lost you get, girl

No matter how dark your soul

And don't let them feed your anger

And teach you to hate your brother

That's when you're gonna lose your soul

When you long to harm another

Dear Evelina, I've been a bad man

But I'd like to tell ya, I gave the best I had

Evelina