From the blackened finger papers To the magazines of shame Where art is just a rumour In the meat market of fame I have stood up to be counted but my numbers been denied I am always the bridesmaid never the bride The bride will be resplendent On her glorious day of days While the bridesmaid's drunk and weeping Leaping for that blessed bouquet Well I have wept and drunk too but the flowers I caught had died I am always the bridesmaid never the bride Always the bridesmaid never the bride Shall I tell you how it really is In this life amongst the star There are those who'll rob and kill you And return you to the bars But a worse fate it is waiting For those the critics don't deride Who are loved by just a handful Who make them feel alive Go on admit it now That truth from which you've shied You are too scared to quit now Because of your fucking pride You are always the bridesmaid, never the bride Always the bridesmaid never the bride Always the bridesmaid never the bride