Discover the story of the song > Eleanor Rigby – Joan Baez

The song talks about a woman named Eleanor Rigby and a man named Father McKenzie. Eleanor seems lonely and spends her time picking up rice in a church after a wedding, waiting by the window and wearing a mask. Father McKenzie writes sermons that no one hears and darns his socks at night. The song asks where all the lonely people come from and where they belong. In the end, Eleanor dies alone and Father McKenzie is unable to save anyone.