Emily
Emily's goin' out tonightWith a candle in her pocket andA lighter in her right hand.Does anybody know why she's gonna go?She's nearly out of sight,Emily's out tonight.
So familiar, how ladylikeThe old girl comes along.She's ninety something,Dressed up and wide awake,A little slow but going strong.She's paid off the overdraft for the tvShe has bought in 84.She's been paying all her lifetime,But now she's gonna pay no more.
Deep religious, she went to messOn every Sunday morning.She's believing in God, but she don't likeThe priest he's new in town, and very boring.She's listened to his sermon wellThough she's heard the sameOne hundred times before.She's heard them all her lifetime,But now she's gonna listen anymore.
She's gonna do it today,She's gonna make it todayShe's gonna do it gonna do it gonna do it,Baby baby.
Emily's goin' out tonightWith a candle in her pocketA lighter in her right hand.Does anybody knowWhy she's gonna go away?She's gonna make it today.
She's very friendly and open mindedAlways understanding.Bad behavior she doesn't like at all.She's very modest, she's never been demanding.She always followed every ruleThough she didn't even knowWhat they've been for, oh yeah.She has followed all her lifetimeBut now she's gonna follow anymore.
She's gonna do it today,She's gonna make it todayShe's gonna do it gonna do it gonna do it,Baby baby.
She's gonna make the world go round and round round round round roundRound and round round round round,Round and round round round round,Round and round round round round.
She's gonna make it today,She's gonna do it gonna do it gonna do it,Baby baby.
Emily 's goin' out tonightWith a candle in her pocket andA lighter in her right hand.Does anybody know why she's gonna go away?Emily 's goin' out tonightWith a candle in her pocket andA lighter in her right hand.Does anybody know why she's gonna go today,She's gonna go away,She's gonna go today?Emily 's goin' out tonightWith a candle in her pocket andA lighter in her right hand.Does anybody know why she's gonna go?She's nearly out of sight,Emily's out tonight.