Emily Chambers would make it pay
  Everyone knew she'd turn out that way
  She turned her back and she'll be okay
  But she's not okay at all
  
  Every night with the radio on
  Emily fears that the day won't come
  The moon is there to do her harm
  She's not all right at all
  
  Don't get arrested
  Don't buy a machine gun
  You're on the run
  And you're not on the scene
  You're not so cool
  And you're not a jerk
  You may be a villain
  But no Patty Hearst
  You're Emily Chambers
  And what's worse
  Is a whipping wind
  And a box in a hearse
  And a trigger in your head
  And a pen in your hand
  And the pain in the verse
  And the flat drying land
  And the thin of the air
  And a pain that hurts
  You're Emily Chambers in the universe
  
  (Repeat first verse)
  
  Every night with the lamplight on
  Emily fears that the day has gone
  The moon is there to do her harm
  She's not all right at all
  
  (Repeat chorus)
  
  Emily Chambers would make it pay
  Everyone knew she'd turn out that way...