WE WERE TOGETHER SINCE WE WERE FIVE
SHE WAS SO PRETTY EMMA WAS A STAR IN EVERYONES EYES
AND WHEN SHE SAID SHE`D BE A MOVIE QUEEN NOBODY LAUGHED
HER FACE LIKE AN ANGEL SHE COULD HAVE BEEN ANYTHING
** EMILY 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
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AT SEVENTEEN WE WERE WED
AND WORKED DAY AND NIGHT TO EARN OUR DAILY BREAD
AND EVERYDAY EMMA WOULD GO OUT SEARCHING FOR THAT PLAY
THAT NEVER EVER CAME HER WAY
YOU KNOW SOMETIMES SHE`D COME HOME SO DEPRESSED
I`D HEAR HER CRYING IN THE BACK ROOM FEEL SO DISTRESSED
AND I`D REMEMBER BACK WHEN SHE WAS FIVE
TO THE WORDS THAT USED TO MAKE WMILY COME ALIVE IT WAS
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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 TRIED SO VERY HARD NOT TO LEAVE YOU LONG
I JUST CAN`T KEEP ON TRYING NO MORE
EMILY OH EMILY repeat til fade