We were together since we were five   She was so pretty   Emma was a star in ev'ryone's eyes.   And when she said she'd be a movie queen   Nobody laughed   Her face like an angel   She could be anything.      Emmalene. Emma   Emmalene   I'm gonna write your name high on that silver screen.   Emmalene   Emma   Emmalene   I'm gonna make you the biggest star this world has ever set      At seventeen we were wed   And worked day and night to earn our daily bread.   And ev' ry day   Emma would go out searching for that play   That never ever came her way.         You know   sometimes she'd come home so depressed   I'd hear her crying in the back room      Feel so distressed.   And I'd remember back   when she was five      To the words that used to make   Emmalene come alive.      Emmalene   Emma   Emmalene      It was cold and dark   December night      When I opened the bedroom door      To find her Iying still and cold up on the bed;   A love letter Iying on the bedroom floor      It read:      Darling, I love youBut I just can't keep on living on dreams no moreI tried so very hard not to leave you alone.I just can't keep on tryin' no more      Emmalene - Oh Emmalene- Emmalene