When Alexander Met Emma

Lyrics

From the Bowery to old Suffolk Street
 A five dollar bill in her pocket
 And a worldful of people to meet
 Ships rigging up in the Hudson
 Waiting for love to set sail
 Emma she tells Alexander
 "I'll be there when you walk from the jail"
 "Take my hand. I'll take yours.
 Save my life. I'll save yours."
 Newspaper talk turns to headlines
 A love so cemented in fame
 A word to the strike-breaking bosses
 Propaganda in deed and in name
 Fourteen long years on the island
 It's a lifetime of summers to wait
 And Emma, she meets Alexander
 As they unlock the last prison gate
 "Take my hand. I'll take yours.
 Save my life. I'll save yours."

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Song Details

Duration
03:42
Key
1
Tempo
97 BPM

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