Always A Bridesmaid

In a pile of unpaid bills

There's a letter sent from Philadelphia

In a familiar hand

She hasn't opened it just yet

There's no telling what is says

Oh darling please, I'm down on one knee



So why can't I be him, that guy in all your dreams?

The one with all those qualities, impossible to achieve

That man you thought I'd be

So flawless, so honest, that could never be me

Well, that ain't me



There's some flowers on her desk

Doesn't he know how embarrassed she gets

Receiving gifts

She hasn't opened up her card

The bouquet it says it all

Daffodils with baby's breath

The same bouquet she caught on their first date

That night he was a king



He flew in town for business and ended up at the wedding

They shared life stories between drinks

She loved him so quickly, and left him just the same

Yeah, he's still the same, he's still the same

No, he's nothing new, but he hasn't changed



Always a bridesmaid

Her friends all settled down

Always a bridesmaid

She dropped her bouquet on the ground



They snuck out for a cigarette

She said, “Maybe it's the whiskey sours

But I think this could be it

If you ask me, here and now

I think, no I know, I could make those wedding vows

We could sneak off in the night

And I could be the bride

I could be the bride

All right

I could be the bride

I could be the bride"



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