When Alexander Met Emma
Chumbawamba"When Alexander Met Emma" is a song by Chumbawamba, released in 2005 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:28 long and contains 36 lines and 180 words.
Lyrics
0:07When Alexander met Emma
0:11The first day she came to New York
0:15Sach's cafe in Manhattan
0:18Coffee and cigarettes and talk
0:22Sun beating down on the east side
0:25Introductions are made in the haze
0:29Emma meet Alexander
0:33Emma just smiles as she says
0:37Take my hand
0:44I'll take yours
0:52Save my life
0:59I'll save yours
1:07Life stretches loudly before her
1:10From the Bowery to old Suffolk street
1:14The five dollar bill in her pocket
1:17And a world full of people to meet
1:21Ships riggin' up in the Hudson
1:25Waiting for love to set sail
1:29Emma she tells Alexander
1:32I'll be there when you walk from the jail
1:36Take my hand
1:44I'll take yours
1:51Save my life
1:59I'll save yours
2:36Newspaper talk turns to headlines
2:39A love so cemented in fame
2:43A word to the strike breaking bosses
2:46Propaganda in deed and in name
2:50Fourteen long years on the island
2:54It's a lifetime of summers to wait
2:57And Emma she meets Alexander
3:01As they unlock the last prison gate
3:06Take my hand
3:13I'll take yours
3:20Save my life
3:28I'll save yours
When Alexander met Emma The first day she came to New York Sach's cafe in Manhattan Coffee and cigarettes and talk Sun beating down on the east side Introductions are made in the haze Emma meet Alexander Emma just smiles as she says Take my hand I'll take yours Save my life I'll save yours Life stretches loudly before her From the Bowery to old Suffolk street The five dollar bill in her pocket And a world full of people to meet Ships riggin' 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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