This is a song that I started writing when I was working in Nashville but I felt I hadn't really completed it so I left it alone for quite a while, and then when I returned to it I realized it needed a bridge, so I wrote a couple lines that would lead into a short guitar solo and then bring it back to the chorus and as soon as I did that I felt the song was complete. Sometimes you just have to let a song sit for a while until the time is right to complete it, not everything happens all at once. I really love the lyrics in this song. My daughter asked me if it was true. I told her I made it all up, and of course, I did. I think it's a pretty unique idea about a bride having a best man and the best man being broken hearted because she’s marrying someone else. It's crazy but I love the story line. I was listening to a lot of Bob McDill songs when I started writing this, very simple catchy songs that have interesting story lines and turn out to be irresistible. I think this could be a pretty big hit for a country singer. It’s a very original, unique idea about a bride having a best man and the recording we made is really good. The rhythm is really catchy, it’s an easy shuffle and it moves along very nicely with a strong rhythm guitar groove supported by Jay Miggins on the drums and the guitar solo by Terry Miggins coming out of the bridge is great.
lyrics
The Bride's Best Man
(Bill Naughton, Jr.)
c 2014 Biliolga Music (ASCAP)
She said I’ve been the best friend, a girl could ever have,
And she wants me in her wedding march, right behind her dad,
I listen as they pledge their love, forever and a day,
And I feel a tiny teardrop fall, as we bow our heads to pray…
-chorus-
I’m the bride’s best man, standing silent by her side,
And when she says “I do,” a piece of my heart dies,
I don’t know why I agreed to this, it’s more than I can stand,
I love her but she’s marrying him, I’m the bride’s best man…
The wedding’s over, now they say, the party’s just begun,
But it don’t matter how hard I try, I won’t have any fun,
Their words keep ringing in my head, my heart’s in agony,
And I can’t help but wonder why, the bride didn’t marry me…
-repeat chorus-
-bridge-
There’s a chance I might survive tonight though it’s tearing me apart,
I hope the pain that I feel today won’t always freeze my heart…
-guitar solo-
-repeat chorus-
credits
from Songwriter, Volume 1 (15 songs),
released September 19, 2014
Bill Naughton, Jr.: acoustic guitar, ukulele, vocals
Terry Miggins: electric guitar, guitar solo, bass
Jay Miggins: drums
Michael Arafeh: recording engineer and producer
Songwriter Bill Naughton, Jr. is a former Nashville radio disc jockey - WSIX and WSM-FM - with two15 track albums of studio
demos released to showcase his original material for recording artists, producers and label A&R reps in an effort to get his songs cut by other singers. All 30 tracks, produced by Michael Arafeh at the Coffeehouse in Middletown CT, can be downloaded FREE here on Bandcamp.com. ...more
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