The Broken Hearted Bride - Strawbs

A single light burns through the night

In the house across the street

She still wears her wedding dress

And the slippers on her feet

She hung her wedding garland

In her bedroom in the dark

And never thinks of anyone

But the man who lit her spark

He stole her heart in Margate

One summer afternoon

Before he took her virtue

On the hottest day in June

The sand clung to their bodies

Like a scene from Mills and Boon

No matter what the neighbours say

She bears herself with pride

And sheds her tears behind her veil

The broken-hearted bride

She needed no assurance

Just the flicker of his smile

They made plans for the wedding

To do it all in style

There was never any question

Of his promising career

And as he lay beside her

She shed a pregnant tear

He said he taught mathematics

At a college in Dubai

Told her of the genie’s lamp

And a carpet that could fly

She loved his fairy stories

From the land of make believe

And clung to him for comfort

When he said he had to leave

He caught the train that morning

It was overcast and grey

He waved and blew her kisses

There was nothing left to say

He pulled the cord inside his coat

And blew himself away