Richard Buckner - Emma lyrics

Emma, I'm sorry for you. Going away with a man you don't love Looks like the good Lord has given you up Emma, I'm sorry for you. She loves her father so well But, he married another when her mama died And Emma married someone too just out of spite But, she loves her father so well When Emma was only 16 She married a man her father's age She told him that her stepmama drove her away When Emma was only 16 She married a Cherokee city man With cold, cruel hands and jealous eyes She says when he goes out to drink he locks her in at night Yeah, she married a Cherokee city man Emma wears a tin, dime-store charm Because twice she's left him, but once she's gone back And the last time she left she tore off that wedding band So Emma wears a tin, dime-store charm There's a man who's coming for her A black-hatted man with a weed in his mouth Emma's husband sent this man to bring her back to town There's a man who's coming for her She's cried for two days now She doesn't want to leave her family again She begs, "Please don't let that black-hatted man in!" Yeah, she's cried for two days now She longs for a stranger to love Late in the night, deep in her sleep Emma dreams of kindness and mystery Yeah, she longs for a stranger to love