Emily's In Heaven Lyrics - Singles - Jackie Greene

I was half asleep when I heard the news, sad words on the phone 

I just couldn't believe my ears, I couldn't believe she's gone 

I tried to make some sense of it, but sense I could not make 

How a girl like her could go like that, it must be some mistake 

Well, I'd known her since forever, as far back as I go 

She always had an answer for the things I didn't know 

She never hurt anybody, never did them wrong 

She walked to the tune of life, teaching everyone the song 

Now Emily's in Heaven, but I'm awake in bed 

Sometimes how I wish, the good Lord took me instead 

But I guess the good die young and life just isn't fair 

But Emily's in Heaven, she'll be waiting for me there 

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Eleven different doctors but not one had a clue 

They rushed her to emergency but there was nothing that they could do 

They said, "She had a weak heart, she'd always been that way" 

I said, "She just gave too much of it away" 

Now Emily's in Heaven, but I'm awake in bed 

Sometimes how I wish, the good Lord took me instead 

But I guess the good die young and life just isn't fair 

But Emily's in Heaven, she'll be waiting for me there 

We laid her down for peaceful sleep, time was standing still 

Everybody said a prayer on top of Moonlight Hill 

I said goodbye with a rose, how she loved them so 

Then I turned away, tried not to cry and did my best to go 

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Now Emily's in Heaven, but I'm awake in bed 

Sometimes how I wish, the good Lord took me instead 

But I guess the good die young and life just isn't fair 

But Emily's in Heaven, she'll be waiting for me there