Linda Thompson - Never the Bride lyrics

At sixteen I fell for Billy He was a tall and bonny youth A friend to every pretty girl But a stranger to the truth He swore he loved me dearly I swore Id not upset him But he said he couldn't marry me His wife would never let him Oh, never the bride Never the bride Show me a man with only one side Im bound to live a single life Never, oh, never the bride I took up with Jack at seventeen No finer boy I knew He said I was the air he breathed And I believed his words were true He worked the docks at Liverpool Loading steamers bound for Spain But his heart was young and restless And he soon sailed away Oh, never the bride Never the bride Show me a man with only one side Im bound to live a single life Never, oh, never the bride I turned eighteen that summer And I wore John Dawsons ring He sailed for Valparaiso And I waited til the spring I turned away all others And I slept alone each night When I cried, twas not for Johnny Twas for my sorry life Oh, never the bride Never the bride Show me a man with only one side Im bound to live a single life Never, oh, never the bride Never, oh, never the bride