It wasn't supposed to be like this    Another dose of unhappiness    I gave it all and managed to get shot down yet again    So I got drunk, had sex with all your friends    You told me that I should never call your house again       Emily, ah    You saved the day    Emily, ah    When you threw me away       She was always such a pretty girl, nobody like her in the world    A little piece of heavenly that no one else could stand    I see her in my dreams at night    I see her when I close my eyes    I just can't seem to shake Emily       You got your money and I got cast outside    Thrown out on my ass    In the city with no one else    Nowhere else to go    So then I hooked up with a model from Singapore    Emily, I sure am glad you didn't want me anymore       Emily, ah    You saved the day    Emily, ah    When you threw me away       She was always such a pretty girl, nobody like her in the world    A little piece of heavenly that no one else could stand    I see her in my dreams at night    I see her when I close my eyes    I just can't seem to shake Emily, Emily       She was always such a pretty girl, nobody like her in the world    A little piece of heavenly that no one else could stand    I see her in my dreams at night    I see her when I close my eyes    I just can't seem to shake Emily    Emily, yeah       Emily, ah    You saved the day    Emily, ah    You saved the day    Emily, ah    Emily, ah    You saved my ass