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Emily 2007 update version
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How cruel some people can be to get what they want from life!
acoustic harmonica blues harp vocals original mandolin folk
Watercress Thieves are currently a songwriting partnership made up of Malcolm Shipp & James Levan both from the South West of England. We have played together for many years and started writing semi-seriously in 2005, had to take a break whilst I lived overseas but now as of December 2007 we are working on a heap of new songs and planning to put together a full on Folk band in the new year 2008. So if you are into folk and play an acoustic instrument then do get in touch, multi instrumentalists with vocal abilities are the most welcome!
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #248
Peak in subgenre #15
Author
Malcolm Shipp / James Levan
Rights
Malcolm Shipp
Uploaded
December 03, 2007
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MP3 3.4 MB • 128 kbps • 3:45
Story behind the song
Read the lyrics and the story tells itself, to an extent. Emily is a real person but I won't say who or where!
Lyrics
So how does it feel little Emily Now a whole new life has begun You’re lying there with hardly a care Unknowing what’s to become You ain’t quite as lucky as you think Though you may be happy today That innocence bliss, that mothers first kiss Makes this whole new world seem ok Chorus But what you gonna do when you know, Emily Is somebody gonna tell you the truth Will your momma lie like she always done Is someone gonna show you the proof? Who’s gonna be holding your hand sweet Emily Who’s gonna be helping you try Someone someday will love you my dear Dont you cry, don’t you cry, don’t you cry! Well in life my dear there’s different reasons Why people do things that they do And really don’t care, thinking its fair That the one who will suffer is you Well your mother is one of these people Selfish, uncaring and tough Here’s hoping for you, that life ain’t so blue And your daddy will love you enough Chorus So what you gonna do when you know, Emily Is somebody gonna tell you the truth Will your momma lie like she always done Is someone gonna show you the proof? Who’s gonna be holding your hand sweet Emily Who’s gonna be helping you try Someone someday will love you my dear Dont you cry, don’t you cry, don’t you cry! You were never meant to be special You couldn’t know things were this bad Purely a way for the CSA To get cash from your poor loving Dad Girl I know its hard to imagine How a mother can be so cruel Just hold your head high and look up to the sky And don’t you be nobodys fool Repeat Chorus © Copyright Shipp/Levan May 2005
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