I was half asleep when I heard the news, sad words on the phonenI just couldn't believe my ears, I couldn't believe she's gonenI tried to make some sense of it, but sense I could not makenHow a girl like her could go like that it must be some mistakennWell I'd known her since forever, or as far back as I gonShe always had an answer for the things I didn't knownShe never hurt anybody, never did them wrongnshe walked to the tune of life teaching everyone the songnnNow Emily's in Heaven, and I'm awake in bednSometimes how I wish, the Good Lord took me insteadnBut I guess the good die young and life just isn't fairnBut Emily's in Heaven she'll be waiting for me therennEleven different doctors and not one had a cluenThey rushed her to emergency but there was nothing they could donThey said she had a weak heart, she'd always been that waynI said she just gave too much of it awaynnNow Emily's in Heaven, and I'm awake in bednSometimes how I wish, the Good Lord took me insteadnBut I guess the good die young and life just isn't fairnBut Emily's in Heaven she'll be waiting for me therennWe laid her down for peaceful sleep, time was standing stillnEverybody said a prayer on top of moonlight hillnI said goodbye with a rose how she loved them sonThen I turned away, tried not to cry and did my best to gon