^DEmily comes home from school Grabs on to her daddy's ^Ahand He says ^Embaby girl what's wrong with you She says, please don't make me go ^Gback there again She said I ^Dwish there was some way to make 'em ^Astop it Em G G -once So he drives down to that principals office, and says

I didn't ^Dbring her up So they could ^Acut her down I didn't ^Embring her here So they could ^Gshut her out I live my ^Dwhole damn life To see that ^Alittle girl smile So why are ^Emtears pouring down that sweet ^Gface? She wasn't brough

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t up that ^Gway

^DEmily's home late again He sees that boy drive ^Aaway Oh, but ^Emsomethings different this time She doesn't have too ^Gmuch to say She said he ^Dtried, but there just some things I won't ^Ado And through the ^Emtears she said I couldn't do that to ^Gyou G -once And he said,

I^D didn't bring you up So he could ^Awear you down Take that ^Eminnocent heart And turn it ^Ginside out I live my ^Dwhole damn life To see my ^Alittle girl smile So don't ^Emlet nobody take that a^Gway You weren't brought up that ^Gway

^DThe phone rings on a rainy night Says it's Officer ^ATate He said, ^EmSir there's been an accident You better come down ^Ghere right away A ^Ddrunken driver missed an over-^Apass Em G G -once And Emily, she's fading fast, he says God

I didn't ^Dbring her up To watch them ^Alay her Down Nearly ^Emkilled me the day they put her ^Gmama in the ground Only thing ^Dkept me alive was that ^Alittle girl's smile So ^Emplease don't take that a^Gway It won't be ^Deasy taking her ^Gtoday She wasn't brough

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t up that ^Gway

^DHe stands over the hospital bed ^AEmily opens her^Em eyes