We were together since we were four
She was so pretty, Emma was a star in everyone's eyes
And when she said she'd be a movie queen, nobody laughed
A 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 had 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 break
That never, ever came her way
You know, sometimes she'd come home so depressed
I'd hear her crying in the bedroom, feeling so distressed
And I remember back when she was four
To the words that 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 had ever seen

It was cold and dark on that summer 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 on living on dreams no more
I tried so very hard not to leave you alone
I just can't keep on trying no more"

Emmaline
Emmaline
Emmaline