Dear Emily, I really want to write this carefully Now that we're a family, it's only you, your mom and me Dear Emily, we're gonna live forever happily I'm gonna ask your mom to marry me But there's some things you need to know Papa was a rolling stone, playing in a sold-out show, yeah Taking all the highs and lows, but living with an empty soul, yeah And if you ever read the things they wrote, I hope that you can let them go I was living in a different world before I had my little girl, yeah Emily, when I hear you cry, I'll sing you back to sleep Did you know you inspire all my melodies? You make me a better man than I'll ever be, ever be, ever be Because of you, Emily Dear Emily, I saw you way before you came to me Cause I picked out your name and wrote it on paper I needed life and life came and gave me Emily Well, I'll be good enough for you The truth is I'm afraid of everyone and anything that could hurt you Oh, Emily If you ever feel lonely, just sit next to me Since we brought you home with us, you're everything You make me a better man than I'll ever be, ever be, ever be Because of you, Emily, yeah Oh, you're my other half, Emily I've been there, yeah You're all I'll ever need, oh no, no, no When I'm looking at your tiny feet I feel your heartbeat here inside of me I feel a love that I just can't believe Oh, Emily When I hear you cry, I'll sing you back to sleep Oh, do you know you inspire all my melodies You make me a better man than I'll ever be, ever be, ever be Because of you, Emily Oh, Emily If you ever feel lonely, just sit next to me Oh, since we brought you home with us, you're everything You make me a better man than I'll ever be, ever be, ever be Because of you, Emily