Emily s going out tonight
with a candle in her pocket and
a 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 ladylike the old girl comes along.
She s ninety something
dressed up and wide awake.
A little slowbut going strong.
She s paid off the overdraft
for the TV she has bought in 84.
She s been paying all her lifetime
but now she s gonna pay no more.

Deep religious
she went to mass on every Sunday morning.
She s believing
in God but she don t like
the priest he s new in town – and very boring .
She s listened to his sermon well
though she s heard the same one hundred times before.
She s heard them all her lifetime
but now she s gonna listen anymore.

She s gonna do it todayshe s going make it today
she s gonna do itgonna do itgonna do it.

Emily s going out tonight
with a candle in her pocket and
a lighter in her right hand.
Does anybody know
why she s gonna go away?
She s gonna make it today.

She s very friendly
an open minded and always understanding.
Bad behavior
she doesn t like at all.
She s very modestshe s never been demanding.
She s always followed every rule
though she didn t even know what they ve been for.
She has followed all her lifetime
but now she s gonna follow anymore.

She s gonna do it todayshe s gonna make it today
she s gonna do itgonna do itgonna do it right now.
She s going make the world go round and round and round...
she s gonna make it today...
She s gonna do itgonna do itgonna do it.

Emily s going out tonight
with a candle in her pocket and
a lighter in her right hand.
Does anybody know
why she s gonna go away?

Emily s going out tonight
with a candle in her pocket and
a lighter in her right hand.
Does anybody know
where she s gonna go today?
She s gonna go awayshe s gonna go today.

Emily s going out tonight
with a candle in her pocket and
a lighter in her right hand.
Does anybody know
where she s gonna go?
Se s nearly out of sight.
Emily s out tonight...

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