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      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      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