Paul Dempsey/Billy Playle
Story behind the song
A song about Emily Dickinson
Lyrics
SWEET EMILY
Author of Lyrics - Paul Dempsey
Vocals - Tricia Dovidio
Music - Billy Playle (Aidan)
You spoke of immortality
And dined alone with death
Wrote of nature's beauty
Loving it with every breath
You felt a sense of security
Submitting to obscurity
My lovely, lovely
Sweet Emily
Always dressed in white
Dark eyes and the softest voice
Simplicity and seclusion
Were your life's choice
You felt a sense of security
Submitting to obscurity
My lovely, lovely
Sweet Emily
Alone and isolated; it was a hard life you led
But the words you created, continue to be read
Beyond the shadows of Amherst and the ole Homestead
Time stood still.........
Hidden in the folds of the day
You dreamt of lovers lost
Becoming more frail
With every impending frost
You felt a sense of security
Submitting to obscurity
My Lovely, lovely
Emily
