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 seen
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.
It was 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 seen
It was a cold and dark December night
When I opened up the bedroom door
To find her Iying still and cold upon 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
Emmalene
- Oh Emmalene
- Emmalene
