I Don't Want To Be A Bride

Album: Rabbits on the Run (2011)
Play Video
  • I like your company got a fresh philosophy
    Never knew such a gentleman
    You can take me on a cheap vacation
    I don't wanna have expectations 'cause you
    Could be the end of me

    I don't need a house on a hill
    Swing on a tree, a grandfather clock
    Porcelain for tea
    A garden, with rose and jasmine

    Gonna get drunk on a bottle of wine
    No better way to pass the time
    Forever by your side

    But I don't wanna be a bride
    Apologies to your mother
    I wanna be your girl
    And spend this life with you

    But I don't wanna wear white
    You know it's too late for that
    But can we keep the ever after?
    Could it be

    Don't need no golden ring
    It'd be no match for the love it brings
    From London to Tennessee

    We could catch a train to another life
    On a whim, under the moonlight
    I promise you, will you promise me?

    Our last names on a wooden sign
    Arm in arm, where the river starts to wind
    Forever by your side

    But I don't wanna be a bride
    Apologies to each other
    I wanna be your girl
    And spend this life with you

    But I don't wanna wear white
    You know it's too late for that
    But can we keep the ever after
    Oh could it be just you and me

    I, I, I we will live like kings
    Under lavender skies, skies
    We will live like kings
    Under lavender skies, skies

    Built a poem, we kept a rhyme
    Wrapped our love in golden twine
    We wrote, we wrote a legacy

    Just you and me
    Just you and me
    Just like kings under lavender
    Skies, skies
    We will Writer/s: ARI BRYAN INGBER, STEVE OSBOURNE, VANESSA CARLTON
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Beth from N/a, VaKudos to Vanessa for expressing a point of view that isn't heard very often. Not all girls dream of getting married and it's great to finally have a song that speaks to that perspective.
see more comments

Editor's Picks

Yacht Rock Quiz

Yacht Rock QuizFact or Fiction

Christopher Cross with Deep Purple? Kenny Loggins in Caddyshack? A Fact or Fiction all about yacht rock and those who made it.

Dean Friedman - "Ariel"

Dean Friedman - "Ariel"They're Playing My Song

Dean's saga began with "Ariel," a song about falling in love with a Jewish girl from New Jersey.

Concert Disasters

Concert DisastersFact or Fiction

Ozzy biting a dove? Alice Cooper causing mayhem with a chicken? Creed so bad they were sued? See if you can spot the real concert mishaps.

Michael Glabicki of Rusted Root

Michael Glabicki of Rusted RootSongwriter Interviews

Michael tells the story of "Send Me On My Way," and explains why some of the words in the song don't have a literal meaning.

Kevin Godley

Kevin GodleySongwriter Interviews

Kevin Godley talks about directing classic videos for The Police, U2 and Duran Duran, and discusses song and videos he made with 10cc and Godley & Creme.

Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear: Teddy Bears and Teddy Boys in Songs

Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear: Teddy Bears and Teddy Boys in SongsSong Writing

Elvis, Little Richard and Cheryl Cole have all sung about Teddy Bears, but there is also a terrifying Teddy song from 1932 and a touching trucker Teddy tune from 1976.