In a little town lived a little girl name was emma jean Emma had two friends one was mary the other abilene Emma earned her keep scrubbing floors all week don't forget your room If she missed a spot mother swung at her with the wooden broom I am the ghost of emma jean in your dreams I am the ghost of emma jean in your dreams I am the ghost of emma jean in your dreams I am the ghost of emma jean in your dreams Every day at dawn she ran up the lawn to the wishing well Prayed that she'd get wings and could float away from her mother's yell Right down from the well laid a pair of tracks santa fe railroad Told her many times stay away from there must do what you're told I am the ghost of emma jean in your dreams I am the ghost of emma jean in your dreams I am the ghost of emma jean in your dreams I am the ghost of emma jean in your dreams