EMILY
Words & Music by Judith Owen

Emily’s a girl I knew in my school
Emily she took such good care of me
I used to tell myself
One day soon that’s the way I’d like to be

Emily had seen the things that I’d seen
Emily had known the wrongs that I’d known
I used to tell myself
One day soon that’s the way I’d like to be

She told me
Everybody’s frightened
Everyone’s a little scared of life
You can watch it from the sidelines
A face in the crowd
But if you’re not very very careful
It’ll just pass you by

And Emily does what Emily can
One day she saw the light
And Emily ran straight for the door
She said
That’s what it’s for
We only do the best we can
And Emily ran

Some of us we stay to make the wrongs right
Some of us we throw away our own lives
But you know I’d rather
I’d rather be like Emily

Used to be afraid to leave my own house
Used to be afraid to live my own life
But you know I’d rather
I’d rather be like Emily

She told me
Everybody’s frightened
Everyone’s a little scared of life
You can watch it from the sidelines
A face in the crowd
But if you’re not very very careful
It’ll just pass you by

And Emily does what Emily can
One day she saw the light
And Emily ran straight for the door
She said
That’s what it’s for
We only do the best we can
And Emily ran