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Verse 1

Emily Chambers would make it pay

Everyone knew she'd turn out that way

 She turned her back and she'll be O.K

 But she's not O.K at all

Verse 2

Every night with the radio on (2nd time round 'with the lamp light on')

Emily fears that the day won't come

 The moon is there to do her harm

 She's not alright at all

Chorus

 Don't get arrested, don't buy a machine gun,

 You're not on the run and you're not on the scene.

 You're not so cool and you're not a jerk,

 You may be a villain but no Patty Hearst

 You're Emily Chambers and what's worse

 Is a whipping wind and a box in a hearse.

 And a trigger in your head and a pen in your hand,

 And the pain in the verse and the flat drying land,

 And the thin of the air and a pain that hurts

 You're Emily Chambers in the universe, oh, oh

REPEAT VERSES 1 & 2

Chorus

Outro

Repeat to fade)

Emily Chambers would make it pay

Everyone knew she'd turn out that way