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
Her face like an angel, she could be anything
Emmaline, Emma, Emmaline
I'm gonna write your name high on that 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 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
And sometimes she'd come home and be so depressed
I'd hear her crying in the backroom and feel so distressed
And I'd remember back when she was five to the words which used to make Emmaline come alive, it was...
Emmaline, Emma, Emmaline
I'm gonna write your name high on that 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 still and cold 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"