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 seen

At seventeen

we were wed

And 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, it was

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 set

It was

cold and dark

December night

When I opened up

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, Emily

Oh, Emily, oh, Emily