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
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 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.

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
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 tried so very hard not to leave you alone
I just can`t keep on tryin` no more

Oh Emily - Emma - oh Emily
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