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El Dorado Lyrics
Seems you finally found
Finally found El Dorado
Over in Culver City
Shining bright, name in lights
And I tried to be kind for you
Oh I'm trying to be kind for you, oh
It's kinda like a party
That you never wanted to attend
But when an invitation finally arrives
You change your mind
And I'm trying to be kind for you
Oh I'm trying to be kind for you
As you slip away behind the gates
Behind the gates
Seems you finally found
Finally found El Dorado
So why does it feel
Underwhelming, barely real?
And I'm trying to be kind for you
Oh I'm trying to be kind for you
As you slip away behind the gates
Behind the gates
El Dorado
Finally found El Dorado
Over in Culver City
Shining bright, name in lights
Oh I'm trying to be kind for you, oh
That you never wanted to attend
But when an invitation finally arrives
You change your mind
Oh I'm trying to be kind for you
As you slip away behind the gates
Behind the gates
Finally found El Dorado
So why does it feel
Underwhelming, barely real?
Oh I'm trying to be kind for you
As you slip away behind the gates
Behind the gates
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Submitted by
haruki On Mar 27, 2015
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I think this song is about Zooey Daschanel being offered the job for the show New Girl. I think it means that she and Ben had never planned for her to be this famous, to take a role like that, to live in LA, "but when it finally arrives, you change your mind". It sounds like he's trying to be happy for her, but never wanted that life.