Emily

Emily
by Tom Chapin
© 1980 The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

I’ve been filling up my days
Out on the boulevard.
Been taking it easy
You’ve been taking it pretty hard.
You tell me I’m lazy.
Well sometimes it’s true.
Just a little bit crazy over you.

Oh, Emily, it’s all right by me
Do what you’re gonna do
Be who you want to be.
And when it hits the ground.
When the world comes down
I want to be around, oh, Emily.

And you stand in the doorway
With your come-on smile.
And you look for the one thing to say
That puts me back on trial.
You know how to wound me
And you know how to heal.
You know better than I know how I feel.

Oh, Emily, what you gonna say
When you’ve got that tied-up feeling
And you can’t run away?
And it all hits the ground.
When the world comes down
I want to be around, oh, Emily.

Oh, Emily, what you gonna do
When the real world knocks on your door
And your dream starts coming true?
And it all hits the ground.
When the world comes down
I want to be around, oh, Emily.
I want to be around, oh, Emily.
I will be around, Emily.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Join The Jubilee CD.

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