Eli's coming, Eli's coming
  Girl, you'd better hide your heart
  Your lovin' heart
  Eli's coming and the cards say...
  
  Broken heart, oh broken heart, oh broken heart
  
  Eli's coming, hide your heart girl
  Eli's coming, hide your heart girl
  Girl, Eli's coming you'd better hide
  Girl, Eli's coming you'd better hide
  You'd better hide your heart, your heart
  Eli's coming, hide your heart
  You'd better better hide your heart
  
  Eli's coming, better walk
  Walk, but you'll never get away
  No you'll never get away from the burn and the heartache
  I walk to Apollo by the bay
  Everywhere I go
  
  Eli's coming (she walked but she never got away)
  Eli's coming (she walked but she never got away)
  Eli's coming and he's coming to get you mama
  I'm down on my knees
  Oh broken heart
  
  Eli's coming, oh, Eli's coming
  I say, you know, you coming ***
  Gotta get away
  Get, get, get, get away
  From the man
  Coming now, whoa, whoa, whoa
  
  Hide your broken heart
  Hide your broken heart
  Whoa, whoa, whoa, girl
  Eli's coming you'd better hide
  Girl, Eli's coming you'd better hide
  You'd better hide your heart
  Eli's coming hide your heart
  You'd better better hide your heart
  Eli's coming better walk
  
  Cry, but he's never gonna hear
  No he's never gonna hear and he ain't gonna follow
  I cry to the corners of the square
  Everywhere I go
  
  Eli's coming, Eli's coming
  Eli's coming and he's coming to get you mama
  I'm down on my knees
  Oh baby won't you hide your broken heart
  
  Hide it, hide it, hide it, hide it
  Hide it, hide it, hide it, hide it....
  
  Eli's coming, Eli's coming
  Yeah, you'd better hide your heart