Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Emily Shore 1819-1839 , by - The Handsome Family. Song from the album Milk and Scissors, in the genre КантриEmily Shore 1819-1839 |
| She’d been coughing up blood ince the dogwoods bloomed |
| Seventeen that spring and confined to her room |
| At night her heart pounded holes in her chest |
| Death, like a bird was building its nest |
| She’d laughed at the graveyard on one sip of wine |
| And kept a pet duck till the cat crushed its spine |
| But, waltzing one night in a red velvet dress |
| She noticed a whistling down in her chest |
| Propped up on pillows she watched the snow fall |
| Trying to picture an end to it all |
| By spring there’d be picnics and merry-go-rounds |
| But she’d be nothing, but bones in the ground |
| And so on the last day of her short life |
| Emily called for her father’s penknife |
| She sawed at her head till the floor pooled with hair |
| And braided a watch chain for father (Mother) to wear |
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