Artist/Band: Trick Pony
Lyrics for Song: The Bride
Lyrics for Album: R.I.D.E.
The day's finally here,
There's flowers everywhere.
The guests are waitin' with sweet anticipation.
As I look down the aisle,
The preacher stops an' smiles.
Church bells are ringin' an' the organ is playin'.
I'm so overcome that I could cry.
I'm so happy I'm not the bride.
She's such a pretty thing,
She don't know anythin':
Ain't gonna tell her that she's outta her mind.
The preacher asks the question:
No, I got no objection.I do, I do;
I want him out of my life.
Throw the rice an' let those white doves fly:
Oh, happy day: I'm not the bride.
Eat some more cake,
Throw the bouquet,
Pass the champagne,
it's time to celebrate.
I'm gonna dance this night away,
Whoa, whoa, yeah.
The groom is gettin' loud,
His new wife starts to shout.
Oh, this is perfect, it can only get better.
They're fightin' in the car, off to a real good start.
His momma's cryin'.
Aren't they lovely together?
They're drivin' away, we're wavin' goodbye.
Close call, relax, Amen, Hallelujah,
By the grace of God go I: I'm not the bride.
Well, I'm not the bride.
I'm free, I'm free, I'm free.
I'm not the bride.
Thank God!
Goodbye now.
Good luck girl.
You're gonna need it.
Ha, ha, ha.
Ta-ta.
2 comments:
Perhaps these songs wouldn't have been so poignant at that time in your life if you hadn't been trying to build a relationship with a married man. You were bitter that he chose to stay married instead of making you his bride...so of course you would choose such a song as your anthem. We lost a good friend in our community because of both of your weaknesses and your "not so secret" affair that you flaunted publicly in our community forum. I'm sure you aren't the only one who is glad that you aren't the "bride".....and don't get me started on the "Tainted love." Sheesh. Good lord I hope you both learned your lesson!
Dear Anonymous,
I hope you will come back and read this but somehow I doubt you will. This was 3 very long years after the inncident you were describing and my connection with this song was more about my divorce then anything to do with him.
I can say I was very young and very dumb. I regret that we made the choices we made. There was no affair there was just two very lonely people looking for someone to listen and care when it seemed no one else did. I can say I learned my lesson... You can have no idea how sad I am that we both made decision that caused ourselves and others so much pain.
Sometimes in life we make really dumb choices that at the time seemed so innocent. I was looking for love in all the wrong places and he was too. You can't really understand why someone chooses to do something until you have walked in their shoes. I would be more then happy the share mine.
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