| Emily’s going out tonight
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| with a candle in her pocket and
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| a lighter in her right hand.
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| Does anybody know
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| why she’s gonna go?
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| She’s nearly out of sight.
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| Emily’s out tonight.
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| So familiar,
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| how ladylike the old girl comes along.
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| She’s ninety something,
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| dressed up and wide awake.
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| A little slow, but going strong.
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| She’s paid off the overdraft
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| for the TV she has bought in '84.
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| She’s been paying all her lifetime,
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| but now she’s gonna pay no more.
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| Deep religious,
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| she went to mass on every Sunday morning.
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| She’s believing
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| in God but she don’t like
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| the priest (he's new in town, and very boring).
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| She’s listened to his sermon well
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| though she’s heard the same one hundred times before.
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| She’s heard them all her lifetime,
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| but now she’s gonna listen anymore.
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| She’s gonna do it today, she’s going make it today
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| she’s gonna do it, gonna do it, gonna do it.
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| Emily’s going out tonight
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| with a candle in her pocket and
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| a lighter in her right hand.
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| Does anybody know
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| why she’s gonna go away?
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| She’s gonna make it today.
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| She’s very friendly,
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| an open minded and always understanding.
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| Bad behavior
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| she doesn’t like at all.
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| She’s very modest, she’s never been demanding.
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| She’s always followed every rule,
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| though she didn’t even know what they’ve been for.
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| She has followed all her lifetime,
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| but now she’s gonna follow anymore.
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| She’s gonna do it today, she’s gonna make it today
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| she’s gonna do it, gonna do it, gonna do it right now.
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| She’s going make the world go round (and round and round…)
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| she’s gonna make it today…
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| She’s gonna do it, gonna do it, gonna do it.
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| Emily’s going out tonight
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| with a candle in her pocket and
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| a lighter in her right hand.
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| Does anybody know
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| why she’s gonna go away?
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| Emily’s going out tonight
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| with a candle in her pocket and
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| a lighter in her right hand.
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| Does anybody know,
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| where she’s gonna go today?
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| She’s gonna go away, she’s gonna go today.
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| Emily’s going out tonight
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| with a candle in her pocket and
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| a lighter in her right hand.
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| Does anybody know
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| where she’s gonna go?
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| Se’s nearly out of sight.
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| Emily’s out tonight… |