Emily, Emily, Emily
Has the murmuring sound of May
All silver bells, coral shells, carousels
And the laughter of children at play
Say Emily, Emily, Emily
And we fade to a marvelous view
Two lovers alone and out of sight
Seeing images in the firelight
As my eyes visualize a family
They see Emily, Emily
(And we fade to a marvelous view)
Two lovers alone and out of sight
Seeing images in the firelight
As my eyes visualize a family
They see Emily, Emily
The church bells ring out morning glory
When summer bends to the winter's rage
Emily walks through the cemetery
Passed a dog in an unmarked grave
The old girl hobbles, nylons sagging
Talks to her sisters in the ground
I saw a lie in the mirror this morning
I heard a prophesy all around
And Emily they come and go
The shadows and the distant sounds
But Emily don't be afraid
When the weight of angels weighs you down
Emily prays to a faded hero
In a little frame clutched to her gown
Hears the voice of promise in his memory
Tonight's the night they let the ladder down
In a cage sits a gold canary
By a wicker chair and a rosewood loom
As a soul ascends abord the evening
Canary sings to an empty room
And Emily they come and go
The shadows and the distant sounds
But Emily don't be afraid
Emily, Emily, Emily
Has the murmuring sound of May
All silver bells, coral shells, carousels
And the laughter of children at play
Say Emily, Emily, Emily
And we fade to a marvelous view
Two lovers alone and out of sight
Seeing images in the firelight
As my eyes visualize a family
They see Emily, Emily
And we fade to a marvelous view
Two lovers alone and out of sight
Seeing images in the firelight
As my eyes visualize a family
Emily, Emily, Emily
Has the murmuring sound of may
All silver bells, coral shells, carousels
And the laughter of children at play
Say Emily, Emily, Emily
And we fade to a marvelous view
Two lovers alone and out of sight
Seeing images in the firelight
As my eyes visualize a family
They see Emily, Emily
(and we fade to a marvelous view)
Two lovers alone and out of sight
Seeing images in the firelight
As my eyes visualize a family
They see Emily, Emily
Caught in an endless time
Waiting for a sign
To show you where to go
Lost in a silent stare
Looking anywhere
For answers you don't know
On the wire
Balancing your dreams
Hoping ends will meet their means
But you feel alone
Uninspired
Well, does it help you to
Know that I believe in you
You're an angel waiting for wings, Emily
You, going through this stage
It's a restless age
Young and insecure
Sill there are doubts to fade
Moments to be made
And one of them is yours
On the wire
Balancing your dreams
Hoping ends will meet their means
But you feel alone
Uninspired
Oh, does it help you to
Know that I believe in you
You're an angel waiting for wings, Emily
On the wire
Balancing your dreams
Hoping ends will meet their means
But you feel alone
Uninspired
Oh, does it help you to
Know that I believe in you
You're an angel waiting for wings
Emily, Emily your gift to me
Emily, a modern sense of beauty
Emily, as precious as your memory:
A simple word called liberty
The relics, the ghosts, all down so many roads
The relics, the ghosts, all down so many roads
Emily, so pity poor Emily
You've been replaced by charity
It's what you forget, what you forget that kills you
It's what you remember, what you remember that makes you
We used to have answers, now we have only questions
But now have no direction
The relics, the ghosts, all down so many roads
The relics, the ghosts, all down so many roads
Emily, so pity poor Emily
You've been replaced by charity
It's what you forget, what you forget that kills you
It's what you remember, what you remember that makes you
We used to have answers, now we have only questions
Emily comes in the morning
Far beyond your alarmclock's theme
Emily 's drawing a picture that you've never seen
Emily 's drawing a picture that you've never seen
She's painting her visions
Emily comes in the evening
And you love that she is near
Cause her delirious silence makes you see
Your life so clear
Emily 's drawing a picture that you've never seen
She's painting her visions
But sometimes at night when you gaze at her sight
You wonder is she real
She never had a word about the things that she heard
Or the sadness she may feel...
Emily comes in the evening...
Woke up to find
I've lost my mind
Lost heart
Lost nerve
I lost my favorite word
Emily
I take my cigarettes
I give 'em a smoke
Oh, God, my heart feels froze
I've lost something, it seems
I misplaces my favorite thing
Emily
Where does love go if it can't find a home?
One moment, here then gone
With no forwarding address
Love no longer has a house or
Residence in flesh
I take my keys
I get in the car
To outrun this man, I'd have to go real far
My mercy wears lace
And bottles of thieves
Which of these took you from me?
Emily
Where does love go if it can't find a home?
One moment, here then gone
With no forwarding address
Love no longer has a house or
Residence in flesh
I go in the bedroom
Turn on the light
It's like an empty altar
No angel in sight
A religion with no temple
No place to take my worship to
No god for my eyes to see
No fruit to lay at the feet
Of Emily
Gone
It wasn't supposed to be like this
Another dose of unhappiness
I gave it all and managed to get shot down yet again
So I got drunk
Had sex with all your friends
You told me that i should never call your house again
Emily, you saved the day
Emily, when you threw me away
She was always such a pretty girl
Nobody like her in the world
A little piece of heavenly
That no one else could stand
I see you in my dreams at night
I see you when I close my eyes
I just can't seem to shake Emily
You got your money and I got cast
Outside thrown out on my ass
In the city with no one else, no where else to go
So I hooked up with this model from Singapore
Emily, I sure am glad you didn't want me anymore
She was always such a pretty girl
Nobody like her in the world
A little piece of heavenly
That no one else could stand
I see you in my dreams at night
I see you when I close my eyes
I just can't seem to shake Emily
Yeah
Emily, you saved the day
Emily, you saved the day
Gotta learn how to think
Cause I'm drowning in sin
Just wanna taste that cinnamon skin
I've gotta learn how to cry
Taste the tear roll by
Cause there's no sense in self destruction
Emily loved him
Emily loved him
You cut away the disease
You pure the air that I breathe
You came and healed my disease again
Now the light comes shining in
I've gotta learn how to drink
Without the alcohol swings
I'm sure that things will feel better
Gotta learn how to grow
Lift the world off your toes
Feel yourself drift off to somewhere
Emily loved him
Emily loved him
You cut away the disease
You pure the air that I need
You came and healed my disease
What's gonna happen if it all falls in
And the highs get low and the pain sits inside me
Emily loved him
Cause Emily loved him
You cut away the disease
You pure the air that I breathe
You came and healed my disease again
Now the lights come shining in
You cut away the disease
You pure the air that I need
You came and healed my disease again
Oh Emily, I'd love to be
Down by the sea with you
Having tea with you
Walking hand in hand
On the shifting sands
Maybe we'll love again
Maybe we'll love again
Soon the time will come
When we must say
Goodbye my dear dear friend
Till we meet again
Though I'm far away
I'll still hear you say
Maybe we'll love again
Maybe we'll love again
Hold my hand
On the sand
And say once more
Like before
Maybe we'll love again
Maybe we'll love again
Maybe we'll love again
I just don't care about the evening news
I never listen to the crack house blues
They say the city is the place to be
I wanna dance with Emily
Everybody come around the window shop
I guess they never seen the moves I got
I wanna be with what the people see
I wanna dance with Emily
Emily, sweet baby, won't you be my wife
Cutting me wide open with a kitchen knife
Everybody said that she is underage
Honky tried to shoot me with a 7 gage
Now I got the cookies that your momma sent
I got permission from the government
Someone should mention to the minister
Now I gotta dance with Jennifer
Jenny's got a mouse hole full of pigeon scum
On top a mountain made of bubble gum
Don't understand what all the grief is for
Now I gotta dance with Eleanor
Eleanor, I wonder if we grew too slow
Straight down the hatch beneath the streetlight's glow
Baby when I get you on that Persian rug
That's the kind of movie that I'm dreaming of
I'll tell you something that you'd think I know
I got two tickets to the sold out show
Some of the fellas like to think I'm Greek
I wanna love you maybe three days a week
Oh, I just don't care about the evening news
I never listen to the crack house blues
I wanna be with what the people see
My oh my, time sure flies
I like what you've done to your hair
I've been fine yeah, these boys are mine
That must be your little girl there
Some friendships grow distant with time
And it's no wonder Emily, so much can change
We're too far to visit, too busy to write
But a closeness between us remains
Best friends are made through smiles and tears
And sometimes that fades over miles and years
But I knew right away when I saw you again
Emily, we'll always be friends
I still sing now and then
Mostly at weddings for friends
And I just bet you still get
A yearning to paint now and then
They tore down our whole street, now there's a bank
Where the house was we shared back in school
Remember we both have each other to thank
For all the boyfriends we're not married to
Best friends are made through smiles and tears
And sometimes that fades over miles and years
But I knew right away when I saw you again
Emily, we'll always be friends
'Stay as you are and you'll go far'
You signed my yearbook
'Don't forget me when you're a big star'
We can't stay, it's getting late
And they said not to let you get tired
We'll just be up the street
The number's right here by your side
Oh no, it's no trouble
I don't want to hear how all this changes my plans
I'll see you tomorrow
Call me tonight Emmy, please let me do what I can
Best friends are made through smiles and tears
And sometimes that fades over miles and years
But I knew right away when I saw you again
Now Emily hides in a way
she is waiting for a
knight in shining armor
and I know that nothing I'd say
could make her see me
as a man of honor
but I am
now sometimes I wish she could see through
all the rain and clouds that fill her sky
and know that tomorrow brings with wings
of bird a song to fill her mind
and I am
oh yes I am
the one who can sing
all of the dreams
the one who can make them all come true
if she would believe
I'm down on my knees
but in my hands I hold
Now Emily stands at the door
a picture lies in pieces on the floor
the one where we walked on the beach
the wind blew waves
that crashed upon the shore
oh we are
forever more
the one who can sing
all of our dreams
the one who can make them all come true
if she would believe
I'm down on my knees
but in my hands I hold
everything that she wants
everything that should be
as far as her
big blue eyes could see
if she would believe
I'm down on my knees
but in my hands I hold
what do you want me to do
my head in my hands
I wait for the words
to come and make you understand
so tell me I'm right
tell me I touched you down
so deep inside
Now Emily hides in a way
she is waiting for a
knight in shining armor
and I know that nothing I'd say
can make her see me
as a man of honor
I'm the one who can sing
all of our dreams
the one who can make them all come true
if she would believe
I'm down on my knees
but in my hands I hold
everything that she wants
everything that should be
as far as her
big blue eyes could see
if she would believe
I'm down on my knees
but in my hands I hold
in my hands I hold
I will not forget my sister's face
the day that she died
Such a frail little girl
I remember how I cried
When she reached out to squeeze my hand
I know her time had come
and when her fingers slipped from mine
I knew that it was done
Oh sweet Emily you're going Home
Sweet Emily and I can't go
Looking back upon our younger days
When we'd go out to play
She was weaker than the rest of us
So we'd laugh and run away
But sometimes I'd lie awake at night
And wonder what was wrong
Oh I had the feeling even then
That her days would not be long
Oh sweet Emily you're going Home
Sweet Emily and I can't go
Sometimes I almost hear her calling me
But Heaven seems so far away
I will not forget my sister's face
The strange way that she smiled
Like the times she'd gaze up at the sky
when she was just a child
And I can still hear the echo
Of the last thing she could say
This life is but a moment
In the morning of my day
Oh sweet Emily you're going Home
Sweet Emily and I can't go
Sweet Emily you're going Home
There's a cross she made that has her name
In the garden by the store
With a picture and a note that says
I can't feel you anymore
Was it God in here
Did He make you pray
Did He burn you up
Does it taste the same
When everyone around you falls apart
Was it God in here
Did He make you pray
Did He burn you up
Did He save the day
When everyone around you falls apart
I can see her through the window pane
Trying hard not to call
When she lost her boy she went insane
She don't live her anymore
Was it God in here
Did He make you pray
Did He burn you up
Does it taste the same
When everyone around you falls apart
Was it God in here
Did He make you pray
Did He burn you up
Did He save the day
When everyone around you falls apart
She stood and prayed for our souls
Our hearts, our love to start
Was it God in here
Did He make you pray
Did He burn you up
Does it taste the same
When everyone around you falls apart
Was it God in here
Did He make you pray
Did He burn you up
Did He save the day
Emily shrugs and drags her heels as she takes the guided tour
It seemed like such an amazing deal
when she was looking at the brochure
Stuck on a bus with strangers
wishing she could be at home
with me Poor little Emily
how does it feel to be free?
Lyin' in bed
the pain in my head
from running around all day
Tryin' to find what was rightfully mine
but I ran out of things to say
Runnin' around with strangers
wishing she could run away with me.
Poor little Emily,
how does it feel to be free
from familiar fingertips
to a persecuted grip?
from the pan into the fire
now a thread becomes a wire
under which you must crawl
through a ditch and over the wall
Emily works her fingers
right down to her aching bones
while my aching head's got me stuck
in bed working on being alone
Working around the clock
wishing she had worked it out with me
Poor little Emily
how does it feel to be free?
Poor little Emily
how does it feel to be free?
Poor little Emily
Emily
Emily
All of my days spent are crashing around, crashing around
All of my years spent are running around, running around
All of my weeks spent are crashing around, crashing around
And you feel.
All of my weeks spent are flitting around, flitting around
All of my years spent are waking around, waking around
All of my will is blotting her out, it's blotting her out
And you feel, and you feel, and you feel
Emily
And you feel
Emily, Emily, Emily
Well you never really had to know
And you never really had to know
And you never really had to know, girl
And you never really lost the part
I mean you never really lost the part, ohh
I mean you never really lost the part
I mean you never really lost the part
I mean you never really lost the part, ohh
Well you never really lost the part
Emily's going out tonight
with a candle in her pocket and
a lighter in her right hand.
Does anybody know
why she's gonna go?
She's nearly out of sight.
Emily's out tonight.
So familiar,
how ladylike the old girl comes along.
She's ninety something,
dressed up and wide awake.
A little slow, but going strong.
She's paid off the overdraft
for the TV she has bought in '84.
She's been paying all her lifetime,
but now she's gonna pay no more.
Deep religious,
she went to mass on every Sunday morning.
She's believing
in God but she don't like
the priest (he's new in town, and very boring).
She's listened to his sermon well
though she's heard the same one hundred times before.
She's heard them all her lifetime,
but now she's gonna listen anymore.
She's gonna do it today, she's going make it today
she's gonna do it, gonna do it, gonna do it.
Emily's going out tonight
with a candle in her pocket and
a lighter in her right hand.
Does anybody know
why she's gonna go away?
She's gonna make it today.
She's very friendly,
an open minded and always understanding.
Bad behavior
she doesn't like at all.
She's very modest, she's never been demanding.
She's always followed every rule,
though she didn't even know what they've been for.
She has followed all her lifetime,
but now she's gonna follow anymore.
She's gonna do it today, she's gonna make it today
she's gonna do it, gonna do it, gonna do it right now.
She's going make the world go round (and round and round...)
she's gonna make it today...
She's gonna do it, gonna do it, gonna do it.
Emily's going out tonight
with a candle in her pocket and
a lighter in her right hand.
Does anybody know
why she's gonna go away?
Emily's going out tonight
with a candle in her pocket and
a lighter in her right hand.
Does anybody know,
where she's gonna go today?
She's gonna go away, she's gonna go today.
Emily's going out tonight
with a candle in her pocket and
a lighter in her right hand.
Does anybody know
where she's gonna go?
Se's nearly out of sight.
Emily, Emily,
Emily, can't you write a happy song
Get your eyes to number one
You could try a little harder
Emily, you could be a millionaire
But you're superlove hot hair
Gonna end up like your father
Emily, you can't even like your chance
Get a boy and learn to dance
Be a girl like any other
Emily, are you stuck or by you gay
If you are, then that's ok
Cause it doesn't even matter
[Chorus]
Emily, it's your life and you can't live it twice
One day you'll understand and then you'll take my hand
Emily, I love you, an do know you do too
You never make no sense, screaming at me in French
Bullcrotching, that's that...
Bullcrotching, that's that...
Shut up listen to me, dance with me Emily
Bullcrotching, that's that...
Bullcrotching, that's that...
Shut up listen to me, dance with me Emily
Emily, you got so much in your life
Me I got no one's advice
Don't you know you got it easy
Emily, what you smoking, what's that stench
Who you screaming out in French
Did you really think you had me
Emily, that's enough to hide your toes
Acting like you... I give up it's not worth trying
Emily, one day I will end up dead
That's the only thing I've said
That will ever get her smiling,
[Chorus]
Emily, it's your life and you can't live it twice
One day you'll understand and then you'll take my hand
Emily, I love you, an do know you do too
You never make no sense, screaming at me in French
Bullcrotching, that's that...
Bullcrotching, that's that...
Shut up listen to me, dance with me Emily
Bullcrotching, that's that...
Bullcrotching, that's that...
Shut up listen to me, dance with me Emily
Emily, live your life in a balloon
Lock yourself up in your room
So the world can never reach ya
Emily, now I'm speaking Japanese
Got me falling on my knees, got me praying to saint peter
Emily, see the price I have to pay
I would give my life away
If I knew that I could reach you
Emily, why you make this hard to me
It's not the way it's meant to be
I don't never wanna hit you
Emily dance, Emily dance, dance, dance, Emily dance
Emily dance, Emily dance, dance, dance, Emily dance
Emily dance, Emily dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance
[Chorus]
Emily, it's your life and you can't live it twice
One day you'll understand and then you'll take my hand
Emily, I love you, an do know you do too
You never make no sense, screaming at me in French
Bullcrotching, that's that...
Bullcrotching, that's that...
Shut up listen to me, dance with me Emily
Bullcrotching, that's that...
Bullcrotching, that's that...
Shut up listen to me, dance with me Emily
Oh Emily,
I'm still out here chasing all my dreams
Oh Emily,
What I'd give to have you here with me
To look into those green eyes
And wake up with the sunrise, in your arms
But always know, that wherever I go
There's a piece of your heart
That I keep in my soul, and never doubt
I'm the same man that loved you back home
And knowing that you're waiting, believing and praying
Is what keeps me going on
Oh Emily,
Tell your folks I hope they're doing fine
Oh Emily,
I just called to hear your voice tonight,
Girl I miss you so much,
And before we hang up, remember this
Always know, that wherever I go
There's a piece of your heart
That I keep in my soul, and never doubt
I'm the same man that loved you back home
And knowing that you're waiting, believing and praying
Is what keeps me going on
That's right
Yeah keeps me going on, yeah
Always know, that wherever I go
There's a piece of your heart
That I keep in my soul, and never doubt
I'm the same man that loved you back home
And knowing that you're waiting,
Knowing that I'm waiting
Believing and praying
Keep believing and praying
And all the dreams I'm chasing
No matter how hard I try
Every day of my life
I just can't change the way I feel
I wanna make you my world
Can I show you girl
That my love is truly real?
All I think about is you
There's nothing else I'd rather do
If you give me just one chance
I'll show you love and romance
And forever we will live
There's no end to the love I can give
I know you're the one for me
Emily
My love grows stronger each day
I love you more than words can say
Can there be a you and me?
Oh I long for your touch
Girl I love you so much
Is this real or fantasy?
All I think about is you
There's nothing else I'd rather do
If you give me just one chance
I'll show you love and romance
And forever we will live
There's no end to the love I can give
I know you're the one for me
Emily
And if things don't work out
We'll know that we weren't meant to be
If we stand the test of time
We'll live together happily
All I think about is you
There's nothing else I'd rather do
If you give me just one chance
I'll show you love and romance
And forever we will live
There's no end to the love I can give
I know you're the one for me
Your beautiful to me, EmilyI know you would never feel
the same things but im not here to pour my heart out or
whisper words to you
I just want to say your beautiful
Your amazing in so many ways
like a star shining bright in the sky i wish i could fly
to reach out and touch you
promise me you will never change
promise me you will never change
like a sun in the evening you set over everything and
leave me to wonder why the world must be this way forever
im not spilling out my guts for you to see
im only saying your everything that no one else could be
your beautiful, brilliant, and so much more
so much more
you shine brighter than the brightest star, just promise
me, promise me
to stay what you are
just stay what you are
your beautiful, brilliant and so much more
emily, oh emily, your beautiful to me
Emily
The meadowlark and the chim-choo-ree and the sparrow
Set to the sky in a flying spree, for the sport over the pharaoh
A little while later the Pharisees dragged comb through the meadow
Do you remember what they called up to you and me, in our window?
There is a rusty light on the pines tonight
Sun pouring wine, lord, or marrow
Down into the bones of the birches
And the spires of the churches
Jutting out from the shadows
The yoke, and the axe, and the old smokestacks and the bale and the barrow
And everything sloped like it was dragged from a rope
In the mouth of the south below
We've seen those mountains kneeling, felten and grey
We thought our very hearts would up and melt away
From that snow in the night time
Just going
And going
And the stirring of wind chimes
In the morning
In the morning
Helps me find my way back in
From the place where I have been
And, Emily - I saw you last night by the river
I dreamed you were skipping little stones across the surface of the water
Frowning at the angle where they were lost, and slipped under forever,
In a mud-cloud, mica-spangled, like the sky'd been breathing on a mirror
Anyhow - I sat by your side, by the water
You taught me the names of the stars overhead that I wrote down in my ledger
Though all I knew of the rote universe were those pleiades loosed in december
I promised you I‘d set them to verse so I'd always remember
That the meteorite is a source of the light
And the meteor's just what we see
And the meteoroid is a stone that's devoid of the fire that propelled it to thee
And the meteorite's just what causes the light
And the meteor's how it's perceived
And the meteoroid's a bone thrown from the void that lies quiet in offering to thee
You came and lay a cold compress upon the mess I'm in
Threw the window wide and cried; Amen! Amen! Amen!
The whole world - stopped - to hear you hollering
You looked down and saw now what was happening
The lines are fadin' in my kingdom
Though I have never known the way to border 'em in
So the muddy mouths of baboons and sows and the grouse and the horse and the hen
Grope at the gate of the looming lake that was once a tidy pen
And the mail is late and the great estates are not lit from within
The talk in town's becoming downright sickening
In due time we will see the far butte lit by a flare
I've seen your bravery, and I will follow you there
And row through the night time
Gone healthy
Gone healthy all of a sudden
In search of the midwife
Who could help me
Who could help me
Help me find my way back in
There are worries where I've been
Say, say, say in the lee of the bay; don't be bothered
Leave your troubles here where the tugboats shear the water from the water
Flanked by furrows, curling back, like a match held up to a newspaper
Emily, they'll follow your lead by the letter
And I make this claim, and I'm not ashamed to say I know you better
What they've seen is just a beam of your sun that banishes winter
Let us go! Though we know it's a hopeless endeavor
The ties that bind, they are barbed and spined and hold us close forever
Though there is nothing would help me come to grips with a sky that is gaping and yawning
There is a song I woke with on my lips as you sailed your great ship towards the morning
Come on home, the poppies are all grown knee-deep by now
Blossoms all have fallen, and the pollen ruins the plow
Peonies nod in the breeze and while they wetly bow, with
Hydrocephalitic listlessness ants mop up-a their brow
And everything with wings is restless, aimless, drunk and dour
The butterflies and birds collide at hot, ungodly hours
And my clay-colored motherlessness rangily reclines
Come on home, now! All my bones are dolorous with vines
Pa pointed out to me, for the hundredth time tonight
The way the ladle leads to a dirt-red bullet of light
Squint skyward and listen -
Loving him, we move within his borders:
Just asterisms in the stars' set order
We could stand for a century
Starin'
With our heads cocked
In the broad daylight at this thing
Landlocked
In bodies that don't keep
Dumbstruck with the sweetness of being
Till we don't be
Told; take this
Eat this
Told, the meteorite is the source of the light
And the meteor's just what we see
And the meteoroid is a stone that's devoid of the fire that propelled it to thee
And the meteorite's just what causes the light
And the meteor's how it's perceived
All the dirty old men are eyeing her
I'm no better in the corner spying her
She bends over to pick up a rag
She walks my way and I can barely say
Emily, you look so nice
Emily, you better bring a glass of ice
Emily, I don't know how much of this I can take
I shiver, I shake
I make some stupid joke about the menu
You know how it gets so clumsy when you
Try to think out the next thing to say
She doesn't notice, and laughs anyway
Emily, I don't wanna cause a scene
Emily, you're the best I've ever seen
Emily, I don't wanna be another coffee break
I shiver, I shake
These lines you must have heard them all
Everyone's lined up at the waitress call
Emily, you got me climbing up the walls
Emily smiles and goes on with her work
The next remark from the next drunken jerk
The same sweet smile, the same heart throb
You know the whole damn act's just part of the job
Emily, I'm sorry about the ketchup drip
Emily, I'm sorry about the lousy tip
Emily, I guess tonight I'll lay awake
And shiver and shake
Will you think of me when I'm out the door?
Will you think of me when you're on the floor?
Will you think of me anymore?
I met you at the age of 21
Lookin so fine like a young ripe plum
I was the gardener, you were the nun
I was maverick, you were the girl on top gun
I pursued you with young freshman eyes
Stomach too small for what the eyes realized
Thought I can handle it, I took you by the hand
And I asked you to marry me, I knelt on the sand
You said yes, never a second guess
Wait a few years to have babies was the plan
Made my dream's hope, got a 8 to 4
Workin' as a stock clerk at Nabisco
But I loved you, I put you first above all
Raised you high, so that you would never fall
We got more close sexually, daily, slipped up
And got you pregnant with a baby
Upset your parents, didn't tell mine
I told you it would be okay in time
I looked in your eyes, pretend to grin
Said that I love you and your my best friend
Told you to trust me until the end
'Til death do us part, that was the start
But I'm leaving, (I told you I would never lie)
I'm sorry but I'm leaving, (But I'm not that type of guy)
I'm sorry my dear...
I had to have a meeting with your dad
I was very nervous, he was very sad
You were going joggin, I was very glad
I knew what I did and I knew what I had
It was your attention, I had time to stall
I told him I'd get a second job at the mall
He said okay but filled with disbelief
I said good-bye, filled with relief
Cuz I knew I didn't want to, knew I didn't plan this
Knew I had to give all of my goals just to stand this
And that really sucked, I was so young
All I ever wanted was to rap and have fun
Now I had to work, then I really thought about it
Did I really have to? Or would he have thought about it?
I thought I had to do it for myself
It was my life, it belonged to no one else
So I planned to leave a thief in the night
Disappear with a trace, let them know I felt like
I looked in your eyes, pretend to grin
Said that I love you and your my best friend
Told you to trust me until the end
'Til death do us part, that was the start
But I'm leaving, (I told you I would never lie)
I'm sorry but I'm leaving, (But I'm not that type of guy)
I'm sorry my dear...
Four years past, I'm still spending my wills
Still making demos, looking for a record deal
You found my act, was bumped into my friend
Sent me a letter told me silence had to end
You had a daughter, named her Emily
And everytime she looked at you felt like me
She was asking questions, "Where is my dad?
And what did he do mommy to make you so mad?"
You said I had to come and finally meet my girl
I said that I would if, only I could
Showed up at the door it was answered by her
I knew by her eyes that I was her father
I knelt to your level, said, "Who are you?"
You said, "Emily", I said, "How cute"
I walked you in, holding your hand
You showed me your bedroom, I took us slow and
You said "Daddy, where have you been?
I hope you never ever have to leave again"
I looked in your eyes, pretend to grin
Said that I love you and your my best friend
Told you to trust me until the end
'Til death do us part, that was the start
But I'm leaving
I'm sorry but I'm leaving
Ever since you've been gone
Some thing's been going on
I've been searching to find someway to tell you
Something's changed in my heart
All the light has gone dark
I keep trying to find all the love in you
Oh, weighing on my mind forever
Oh, can't imagine why
Girl, we had no promises live from day to day
But there's a change in my affection
Now its time for me to say
Oh, Emily, baby, please stop loving me
One of the things of yesterday have gone
Emily, baby, won't you please stop loving me
I've lost the feeling, please understand
It's gone
(Ah... ah...)
Oh, yesterday when you called
I could tell you were fine
Nothing changed, you couldn't wait to see me
But I just can't go on
Love was here, now it's gone
How can I hold you close when I feel so far away
Been on my mind forever
Oh, can't imagine why
Girl, we had no promises live from day to day
There's a change in my affection
Now it's time for me to say
Oh-oh, Emily, baby, please stop loving me
One of the things of yesterday have gone
Emily, baby, won't you please stop loving me
I've lost the feeling, please understand
It's gone
Whoa, Emily, baby please stop loving me
One of the things of yesterday have gone
We were together since we were five
She was so pretty
Emma was a star in ev'ryone's eyes.
And when she said she'd be a movie queen
Nobody laughed
Her face like an angel
She could be 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
At seventeen we were wed
And worked day and night to earn our daily bread.
And ev' ry day
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
Emily come alive.
Emily
Emma
Emily
It was cold and dark
December night
When I opened the bedroom door
To find her Iying still and cold up on the bed;
A love letter Iying 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
alone.I just can't keep on tryin' no more
Words and music: j. stacy
I had a dream I could leave you behind
Looking back over my cold shoulder
Little girl stepping down to the river
You call for me but I do not answer
In a daze I was walking away
Losing memories of love and laughter
I was fading into the darkness
It was me, but there was no likeness
Emily, emily...
Emily, emily... it was just a bad dream... just a bad dream...
I had a dream I was going away
Looking back I could see you dreaming too
Sleep-walking down by the river
I called your name but you did not answer me...
And I did not answer you...
You did not answer me¡
And I did not answer you...
Emily, emily...
I woke up in the middle of the night
I took you in my arms and held you tightly
You were cold and shivering all over
I woke you up baby what's the matter...
You were trapped in a terrible dream
You were drowning in ice cold water
I was gone, I was far away
But you could hear me calling out your name¡
Emily, emily, emily...
Emily, emily... it was just a bad dream... just a bad dream...
You had a dream I was going away
Looking up you could see me dreaming too
Sleep-walking down by the river
You called my name but I did not answer you
And you did not answer me
I did not answer you
And you did not answer me...
Emily, emily...
Man: So tell me a little bit about yourself, Emily
Emily: What can I tell you that you haven't already heard in gossip? Tell me all the terrible things you've heard about me.
Man: To tell you the truth, Emily, they are saying bad things about you... they say you're a drug taker.
Emily: Yeah, sometimes I guess.
Man: What kinds of trouble do you get into?
Emily: Sometimes, late at night, when everyone is asleep, I amputate my face.
Man: Why would you amputate your face Emily?
Emily: People like you always want to know why, always want to know how. Haven' t you ever done something just because it was something no one ever expected you to do? Haven't you ever done something just because you've never done it before?
Man: No, I don't condone that kind of idiotic behavior; I see it as a failure to accept the reality you've been provided.
Emily: Fuck reality.
Man: But reality is everything.
Emily: Then, guess what? Fuck everything. You're ugly.
The only thing to say would be
Take that bitch away from me
I can't stand her anymore than she can stand me
Girls like her grows old alone
Working at some bar some uncle used to own
She always takes the early shift
That's to make it home in time to fed her cats
She's a real bad mother
She's a devil, don't be fooled
Every word she ever spoke was cruel
The only thing to say would be
Take that bitch away from me
I can't stand her anymore than she can stand me
She wanted to be just like you and me
She wanted to be anyone but Emily
She wanted to be loved by someone else
But she hates us like she hates herself
All she does is a part of an act
If you turn around she'll stab you in the back
She leads you on and lies into your face
But I can see right through her a million miles away
She's a real bad mother
She's a devil in disguise
Every word she ever spoke were lies
A real bad mother
She's a devil in disguise
Emma loves Emily in her little own way
So alone in this world from their very first day.
With her hand on her belly
She rocks and she prays
as she hums a melody to her babe everyday
Emily Emma-lye, Emma-lea-loa-lay
Emily in Emma lies
Oh the little lady lays
Emily Emma-lye, Emma-lea-loa-lay
Emma loves Emily
Little lady's on her way.
Momma sings to her womb as the months fade away
"Babe I'll see you soon just can't wait for that day"
When I see a little face in my arms as you lay
Hummin' melodies to my babe everyday"
Emily Emma-lye, Emma-lea-loa-lay
Emily in Emma lies
Oh the little lady lays
Emily Emma-lye, Emma-lea-loa-lay
Emma loves Emily
Little lady's on her way
She moves inside like butterflies
Momma feels her tiny feet and she can't deny
A rush of tears and fears welled up inside
'Till the day she first hears that baby
Emily Emma-lye, Emma-lea-loa-lay
Emily in Emma lies
Oh the little lady lays
Emily Emma-lye, Emma-lea-loa-lay
Emma loves Emily
Little lady's on her way
Now her babe's in her arms
and she hopes she'll always be
Momma thinks to herself "Boy she really looks like me,
wish she'd stay this small if there's any sort of way"
But her little Emily grows strong everyday
And it won't be long 'til she up and moves away
So she'll hold this moment and hold every passing day
With a song in her heart for her baby girl everyday.
Emily Emma-lye, Emma-lea-loa-lay
Emily Emma-lye, Emma-lea-loa-lay
Emily Emma-lye, Emma-lea-loa-lay
Emma loves Emily, little lady's on her way
Thunder between them is all you can hear
He feels frightened
Hold on dear gentleman
One day you'll smile again
Some say, never
Hold on memory
She sits silently
Tongue-tied tragedy
Hold on Emily
He'll be coming soon
Harder to see them when all you can hear
Is this fighting
Hard times for merry men
Say that you'll smile again
Some say, never
Hold on memory
She sits silently
Tongue-tied tragedy
Hold on Emily
Emily, oh
If you cannot see
Over this horizon
Have some faith in my sun
I'm coming home,
Coming home
Emma loves Emily in her little own way
So alone in this world from their very first day.
With her hand on her belly
She rocks and she prays
as she hums a melody to her babe everyday
Emily Emma-lye, Emma-lea-loa-lay
Emily in Emma lies
Oh the little lady lays
Emily Emma-lye, Emma-lea-loa-lay
Emma loves Emily
Little lady's on her way.
Momma sings to her womb as the months fade away
"Babe I'll see you soon just can't wait for that day"
When I see a little face in my arms as you lay
Hummin' melodies to my babe everyday"
Emily Emma-lye, Emma-lea-loa-lay
Emily in Emma lies
Oh the little lady lays
Emily Emma-lye, Emma-lea-loa-lay
Emma loves Emily
Little lady's on her way
She moves inside like butterflies
Momma feels her tiny feet and she can't deny
A rush of tears and fears welled up inside
'Till the day she first hears that baby
Emily Emma-lye, Emma-lea-loa-lay
Emily in Emma lies
Oh the little lady lays
Emily Emma-lye, Emma-lea-loa-lay
Emma loves Emily
Little lady's on her way
Now her babe's in her arms
and she hopes she'll always be
Momma thinks to herself "Boy she really looks like me,
wish she'd stay this small if there's any sort of way"
But her little Emily grows strong everyday
And it won't be long 'til she up and moves away
So she'll hold this moment and hold every passing day
With a song in her heart for her baby girl everyday.
Emily Emma-lye, Emma-lea-loa-lay
Emily Emma-lye, Emma-lea-loa-lay
Emily Emma-lye, Emma-lea-loa-lay
Emma loves Emily, little lady's on her way
Emma loves Emily, Little lady's on her way.
Somebody tell her that she can't carry it all
It's getting hard to pretend we're not watching her fall
Why does she always give more than she's got
She think the world's gonna stop but it's not
She's letting everything in
trouble is that it's gotta come out
Emily, leave it with me
under the stairs in a box
'til your safe an' sound, Emily
Somebody tell her she's just fooling herself
She thinks she's just fighting the shadow of somebody else
Doesn't she notice how much she's lost
It's like she's nailing herself to a cross
Listen to me this is crazy
it's all got to stop
Emily, leave it with me
under the stairs in a box
'til your safe an' sound, Emily
Burning bright you are
like a falling star
Emily, leave it with me
under the stairs in a box
Cannot believe in it
But it was as matter of fact
Time comes
Your eyes are looking, are looking at me
The sense of love
Is piercing my heart, but I'm afraid
Your magic your
Witchcraft is a power
Fire will make
Suffer your damned soul
Voice of priest
Is giving his judgement. It is your death
Tongues of flame
Will burn your body. Die in pang
I love and
Hate you child of night
You must die
By my hand. It is a fate
Fate!
Oh, Emily!
Die! Please don't cry
Burn! Please pray
Die! Please don't cry
Burn! Please forgive
Emily!
Emily! I'm your lover
Emily! I'm your punisher
Emily,Emily...
That's all! Your soul has settled in hell
But something remained here with me
May be love passion or poison of witchcraft
I don't now! I am lost in conjecture
I'm afraid! It's enough to make my flesh creep
I want to forget you
Forget you
She's got trouble
Runnin' through her veins
She's got a sickness
I'd better wash my hands
She's got evil
In the back of her mind
She could put the fear of God
Into the eyes of the blind
All alone
You don't have to stay
All alone
Now I know just why you feel like cryin'
Emily I, didn't know (you were daddy's girl)
Emily I, didn't know (such a sad little girl)
He stayed inside and hurt you so bad
All of your love oh baby I want it back
Hoo!
There's a snake
Crawlin' in the grass
There's a rotten apple in a barrel
Better watch your ass
She got hungry
Full of dirty ideas
And a mouthful of garbage
Not too much between her ears
All alone
Do you want to stay?
All alone
Now I know why you feel like cryin'
Emily I, didn't know (you were daddy's girl)
Emily I, didn't know (such a bad little girl)
He stuck inside and won't let go
Only a child
A little baby how could you know?
Hoo!
SOLO
All alone
Well you don't have to stay
All alone
Why lay awake?
All alone
Now I know just why I feel like cryin'
Emily I, didn't know (you were daddy's girl)
Emily I, didn't know (a mad little girl)
He stuck inside and won't let go
All of your life how could you know?
Hoo!
Emily I, I didn't know (you were daddy's girl)
Emily I, didn't know (such a sad little girl)
He stayed inside and hurt you so bad
All your love, all your life
All you want, is comin' back
Comin' back, hey-hey!
Oh Emily
Do you remember me
From that summer night
When we first met
Do you remember when
We both sat in
My car and we talked for hours
Oh Emily
Do you remember me
Cause I haven't heard from you
In such a long time
Oh Emily
Do you remember me
From the notes that I
Would leave in your car
Do you remember that
First time we kissed
Outside your home on our first date
Oh and Emily
Do you remember me
Cause I haven't heard from you
In such a long time
Oh Emily...
Oh Emily
Did you forget me
The sweetest guy
You ever met
Did you forget all
Those sweet things I did
To try and make you fall for me
Oh Emily
You missed out on me
Cause I no longer care
I look in my eyes
Searching for signs of life
Digging through the darkness trying to see
Pity the sight
Try to wipe out last night
That's not the kind of guy I want to be
Sweeping these city streets
Oh picking up the pieces
Torn and scattered at my feet
I'm down here on my knees asking for forgiveness
Hoping hard and begging please
Emily
It's not that I lied
Oh no, when I stopped trying
Was so sure you were mine
Turned my back to you
Cause, I never believed you could just up and leave me
Don't know what I should do
I'm not losing you again
Sweeping these city streets
Oh picking up the pieces
Torn and scattered at my feet
I'm down here on my knees asking for forgiveness
Hoping hard and begging please
You're the one
Sweeping these city streets
Oh picking up the pieces
Torn and scattered at my feet
I'm down here on my knees asking for forgiveness
Hoping hard and begging please
Emily
you know you stole my man
Emily
i thought you were my friend
Emily, Emily
the scars on your face
do not compare, to the ones left on my heart
Emily
don't know how you stand to smile around me
oh Emily
you stole everything from me just cause of destiny
i don't want to hear you say my name any more
Emily
Emily
i hope that you and Sam are happy
but that don't mean i am
Emily
don't invite me to the wedding
unless you, really want to see me cry
Emily worked at the diamond store
She wanted all the rings that she couldn't afford
One long day a tall man came
Asked her to marry him and he bought her a ring
He whisked her off to the seven seas
Wined and dined her till she could barely see
One long night the tall man came home
To find Emily in bed with the hotel boy
Oh Emily, what have you done?
It's all come undone
Tell me who lost and who won
Caught in bed with another man's girl
Not just screwing, they were kissing as they moaned
One long knife, the tall man drew
And he stuck the hotel boy cold right through
Cops came along and Emily wept
As they took away all of her fancy things
One long lie the tall man heard
So he took back the ring before they took him to jail
Oh Emily, what have you done?
It's all come undone
Tell me who lost and who won
Oh Emily, what have you done?
Tell me who lost and who won
It's all come undone
ohhh yeah...
I find a place
for my lonly heart tonight
day in, day out
I'm feeling like a lonley child
But baby when tomorrow comes
in my only dream is gone
it doesn't have to be this way
I find it where my heart belongs
where my heart belongs...
Refrain:
Cause it's over now
only want to be with you
baby I don't want for love
breaking up this heart to do
Cause it's over now
baby dont' play games with me
even just to fool ago
baby there's to seemes to be
Alone again
I love you more than words can say
behind the wall
it doesn't have to be this way
cound't live without your love
but I can't fly with broking wings
I'm gonna find for you my love
I do not what tomorrow brings
what tomorrow brings...
Refrain:
Cause it's over now
only want to be with you
baby I don't want for love
breaking up this heart to do
Cause it's over now
baby don't play games with me
even just to fool ago (fool ago)
baby there's to seemes to be
only want to be with you
Refrain:
Cause it's over now
only want to be with you
baby I don't want for love
breaking up this heart to do
Cause it's over now
baby dont' play games with me
even just to fool ago (fool ago)
smile emily
underneath there's a fury of sound
just waiting to come out
you freeze when you open your mouth
nothing's coming out
it's a shame and i wanna know
tell me how you feel about it all
smile emily
i can see under your skin
patience is wearing thin
you can be anything if you dare
flick your cigarette
blow the smoke up in the air
and tell me how you feel about it all
they're all just fakes, liars and cheats
trying to play tricks on me
jealousy, hate and greed
when you're not a friend
don't pretend to be
smile emily
underneath there's a fury of sound
just waiting to come out
you freeze when you open your mouth
nothing's coming out
it's a shame and i wanna know
tell me how you feel about it all
they're all just fakes, liars and cheats
trying to play tricks on me
jealousy, hate and greed
when you're not a friend
But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last
days.
People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money,
boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents,
ungrateful, unholy,
Without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-
control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
Treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather
than lovers of God-
Having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have
nothing to do with them... Have nothing to do with
Monday morning, rushed goodbye
Trying hard to get to work in time
But still you`re running late again today
Like so many times before
Living for the weekend
Living for the dream that all will change one day
You need a way out, need to find
The door to Paradise
Emily, take my hand
Let me show you another world
Follow me to the sun,
Flying high in the sky
Emily, there is more to this life
Than these eyes can see
Follow me
To the place where you know you belong
Can`t help but thinking
While you are running down the avenue
Is this all there is to life
Is there more than meets the eye
Emily, take my hand
Let me show you another world
Follow me to the sun,
Flying high in the sky
Emily, there is more to this life
Than these eyes can see
Follow me
To the place where you know you belong
You need to let go now
And see what is true this time
emily my dear, you're just like your father and that's a
shame. but youdon't have to expect the worst just yet. i
know. these pictures sell stories so well. that i want to
belive in dreams so badly. i am on my back trying to wake
up. i have been asleep for days now. emily, this is you
in twelve years trying to wake up and say 'i love you
Took off our ties
Straight after school
For lager and limes
Shooting pool
Underhand cigarettes
To compilation cassettes
Now that those days are over
I wish I'd done more to know her
I was much too caught up with myself
To bother looking back
So I didn't see that Emily
Was slipping through the cracks
There was a club
And we would go
Cutting the rug
In junk shop clothes
Yeah we looked pretty fab
Falling out of a cab
Now that those days are over
I wish I'd done more to know her
I was much too caught up with myself
To bother looking back
So I didn't see that Emily
Was slipping through the cracks
Summers went by
She moved around
I know that she tried
To settle down
But playing telephone tag
Can be a bit of a drag
Now that those days are over
I wish I'd done more to know her
I was much too caught up with myself
To bother looking back
So I didn't see that Emily
Emily,
Did he miss me?
Emily!
Emily,
Did he miss me?
Emily!
What was he wearing?
What did he drink?
Did he loose my key?
What did he smell like?
What made him laugh?
Did he cry for me?
Emily,
Did he miss me?
Emily!
Emily,
Did he miss me?
Emily!
I’ll pay your phone bill,
I’ll wash your car,
If you tell me everything.
I’ll do your shopping,
I’ll walk your dogs.
Just tell me that he did.
Emily,
Did he miss me?
Emily!
Emily,
Did he ask you?
Emily!
I guess you know where this is going..
You better tell me now to stop.
…Did he kiss you?
We have to talk.
I’m sorry, I’m really sorry but
We have to call it a quit.
-I know.
Huh?
W-what do you mean ‘y-you know’?
I was… j.. eh..
Okay. Fine.
Okay, fine. Goodbye!
Emily,
Did he kiss you?
Emily!
Did he miss me?
Emily!
Did he kiss you?
Emily!
Did he miss me?
Emily!
Did he kiss you?
Emily!
Did he kiss you?
Cause it’s my date now
Emily's under blankets, tucked in by paramedics.
A lullaby of sirens flood this town.
And I've got a bad idea where envy
drinks till my eyes get heavy.
My alibi just seems so watered down.
(chorus)
And I hear the voice of your mother screaming, "run for cover!"
He will feed the flame.
And I see her in the arms of another
did you, did you ever curse my name?
That isn't enough, murder, my arms
are now reaching for your neck.
Dearest, I'm falling in love with you.
Emily's so attractive,
a white dress in her black casket.
A color scheme that surely haunts me now.
And I've got a new idea excuse me
sink in this ocean help.
I'm telling lies as I begin to drown.
(chorus)
Down fall from grace.
This is my fault and I'm sorry.
Forgive me
for leaving you this way.
My valentine
in a chalked outline,
you're finally mine.
Don't make a sound.
Emily, oh Emily, you've cut your hair.
But I'd never care,
As long as you're still here.
Oh Emily, oh Emily, I get jealous.
We're not holding hands,
Kissing behind the stand,
'Cause I need romance.
If I ever recognize your face,
I know I'd cry.
Emily, oh Emily, I don't realize,
I made you cry,
'Cause I know I'd surely die.
Oh Emily, oh Emily, you've gone away.
But maybe, maybe, I'll see you someday.
Emily...
Smiles and her laughter
It's the only thing that I've been waiting for a time
Regardless of our distance and our hope... grows greater
Trapped by pretty eyes and letters for all time
...the only thing that I've been waiting for.
I hope it's something worth the waiting
'Cause it's the only thought that I ever feel real
Thunder storms could never stop me
'Cause there's no one in the world like Emily
She's simple yet confusing
Her sparkling eyes make me weak at my words, they tremble
Days seem like years in this month of December
The winter coldens me for I have yet to sleep
And never will I give up trying 'cause you're everything
to me
I hope it's something worth the waiting
'Cause it's the only thought that I ever feel real
Thunder storms could never stop me
'Cause there's no one in the world like Emily
I fell in love, the first time i saw you
I could tell, there was no one else
Who could measure up?
To you, my love?
You showed me a world
That once was so distant to me, girl
A passion, a hunger, a feeling
It's once in a lifetime to me
After all those years i've tried
To get inside your precious mind
You are my everything
It's all that i want
Emily, i will always love you eternally
Emily, i can feel your heartbeat next to me
Oh, emily, there's no one else
Who is right for me
Oh girl, i can see
There is no doubt
That you are the one for me
Oh oh oh
It took us a while
It took us a time
To work things out
Our love is stronger now
Than it was before
And it will go on
After all those years i've tried
To get inside your precious mind
You are my everything
It's all that i want
Emily, i will always love you eternally
Emily, i can feel your heartbeat next to me
Oh, emily, there's no one else
Who is right for me
Oh girl, i can see
There is no doubt
That you are the one for me
Oh oh oh
Oh emily
Oh, baby
You are the one
You give me all i need
And the strength to carry on
After all those years i've tried
To get inside your precious mind
You are my everything
It's all that i want
Emily, i will always love you eternally
Emily, i can feel your heartbeat next to me
Oh, emily, there's no one else
Who is right for me
Oh girl, i can see
There is no doubt
That you are the one for me
Oh oh oh
Emily, i will always love you eternally
Emily, i can feel your heartbeat next to me
Oh, emily, there's no one else
Who is right for me
Oh girl, i can see
There is no doubt
That you are the one for me
The church bells ring out morning glory
When summer bends to the winter's rage
Emily walks through the cemetery
Passed a dog in an unmarked grave
The old girl hobbles, nylons sagging
Talks to her sisters in the ground
I saw a lie in the mirror this morning
I hear a prophesy all around
And Emily they come and go
The shadows and the distant sounds
But Emily don't be afraid
When the weight of angels weighs you down
Emily prays to a faded hero
In a little frame clutched to her gown
Hears the voice of promise in his memory
Tonight's the night they let the ladder down
In a cage sits a gold canary
By a wicker chair and a rosewood loom
As a soul ascends aboard the evening
Canary sings to an empty room
And Emily they come and go
The shadows and the distant sounds
But Emily don't be afraid
When the weight of angels weighs you down
And Emily they come and go
The shadows and the distant sounds
But Emily don't be afraid
When the weight of angels weighs you down
Emily, Emily, Emily
Emily, Emily, Emily
Emily, Emily, Emily
Look at this life
We're a pair of fourteen-year-olds holding hands in the sun
If we can be wise we'll part with the pride set our egos aside for a day
Cause recently I woke up in the middle of the night
And I had a feeling that something ain't right
See I tried to kiss you through the pillow on my right
And uh oh Emily, will you marry me again?
I wish I was the sun that kisses your face puts your freckles in place all at once
I know I got my faults but is the boy you are having really worth loving at all
Cause recently I woke up in the middle of the night
And I had a feeling that something ain't right
See I tried to kiss you through the pillow on my right
And uh oh Emily, will you marry me again?
But love isn't easy
At times you'll go crazy
Or maybe just maybe
And uh oh Emily, will you marry me?
Uh oh Emily, will you marry me?
Uh oh Emily, will you marry me?
And uh oh Emily, will you marry me again?
So we can remember this life
