Linda Thompson - Never The Bride Lyrics
At sixteen I fell for BillyHe was a tall and bonny youthA friend to every pretty girlBut a stranger to the truthHe swore he loved me dearlyI swore I’d not upset himBut he said he couldn’t marry meHis wife would never let himOh, never the brideNever the brideShow me a man with only one sideI’m bound to live a single lifeNever, oh, never the brideI took up with Jack at seventeenNo finer boy I knewHe said I was the air he breathedAnd I believed his words were trueHe worked the docks at LiverpoolLoading steamers bound for SpainBut his heart was young and restlessAnd he soon sailed awayOh, never the brideNever the brideShow me a man with only one sideI’m bound to live a single lifeNever, oh, never the brideI turned eighteen that summerAnd I wore John Dawson’s ringHe sailed for ValparaisoAnd I waited ‘til the springI turned away all othersAnd I slept alone each nightWhen I cried, ‘twas not for Johnny‘ Twas for my sorry lifeOh, never the brideNever the brideShow me a man with only one sideI’m bound to live a single lifeNever, oh, never the brideNever, oh, never the bride
