EMMA

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. Emmalene. Emma Emmalene I'm gonna write your name high on that silver screen. Emmalene Emma Emmalene I'm gonna make you the biggest star this world has ever set 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 Emmalene come alive. Emmalene Emma Emmalene I'm gonna write your name high on that silver screen. Emmalene Emma Emmalene I'm gonna make you the biggest star this world has ever set It was cold and dark December night When I opened the bedroom door To find her lying still and cold up on 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 Emmalene- Oh Emmalene- Oh Emmalene Emma Emmalene Emmalene