Emma Lyrics

We were together since we were five
She was so pretty
Emma was a star in everyone's eyes.

And when she said she'd be a movie queen
Nobody laughed
With her face like an angel
She could be anything.

Emily, Emma, Emily
I'm gonna write your name high on that silver screen
Emily
I'm gonna make you the biggest star this world has ever seen

At seventeen we were wed
And I worked day and night to earn our daily bread.
And every day Emma would go out searching for that play
That never ever came her way.

And sometimes she come home and she'd be so depressed
I'd hear her crying in the backroom and feel so distressed

And I'd remember back when she was five
To the words that used to make Emily come alive

It was ...
Emma Emily
I'm gonna write your name high on that silver screen
Emily, Emma, Emily
I'm gonna make you the biggest star this world has ever seen

It was a cold and dark December night
When I opened up the bedroom door
To find her lying still and cold upon the bed
A love letter lying on the bedroom floor

It read:
Darling, I love you
But I just can't keep on living on dreams no more
I've tried so very hard not to leave you alone
But I just can't keep on trying no more

Oh Emma, Emily, oh Emma, Emily
Oh Emma, Emily, oh Emma, Emily