We were together since we were five She was so pretty Emma was a star in everyone's eyes And when she said she'd be a movie queen Nobody laughed With her face like an angel She could be anything
Emmaline Emma Emmaline I'm gonna write your name high on the silver screen Emmaline Emma Emmaline I'm gonna make you the biggest star this world has ever seen
At seventeen We were wed And I worked hard to earn our daily bread And every day Emma would go out searching for that play That never, ever came her way And sometimes she come home and she'd be so depressed I'd hear her crying in the back room and be so distressed And I'd remember back when she was five To the words that used to make Emmaline come alive It was...
Emmaline Emma Emmaline I'm gonna write your name high on the silver screen Emmaline Emma Emmaline 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 lying Cold and still upon the bed A love letter lying on the bedroom floor IT read, 'Darling I love you But I just can't keep living on dreams no more I've tried so hard not to leave you alone But I just can't keep trying no more'
Emmaline Emma Emmaline I'm gonna write your name high on the silver screen Emmaline Emma Emmaline I'm gonna make you the biggest star this world has ever seen