Fool's Garden — Emily

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