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It was two weeks after the day she turned eighteen
All dressed in white, going to the church that night
She had his box of letters in the passenger seat
Sixpence in her shoe
Something borrowed, something blue
And when the church doors opened up wide
She put her veil down trying to hide the tears
Oh she just couldn't believe it
She heard the trumpets from the military band
And the flowers fell out of her hands
[Chorus]
Baby, why'd you leave me, why'd you have to go
I was counting on forever, now I'll never know
I can't even breathe
It's like I'm looking from a distance,
Standing in the background
Everybody's saying, he's not coming home now,
This can't be happening to me
This is just a dream
The preacher man said let us bow our heads and pray
Lord please lift his soul and heal this hurt
Then the congregation all stood up
And sang the saddest song that she ever heard
Then they handed her a folded up flag
And she held on to all she had left of him
Oh, and what could've been
And then guns rang one last shot
And it felt like a bullet in her heart
Baby, why'd you leave me, why'd you have to go
I was counting on forever, now I'll never know
I can't even breathe
It's like I'm looking from a distance,
Standing in the background
Everybody's saying, he's not coming home now,
This can't be happening to me
This is just a dream
Baby, why'd you leave me, why'd you have to go
I was counting on forever, now I'll never know
Oh I'll never know
It's like I'm looking from a distance,
Standing in the background
Everybody's saying, he's not coming home now,
This can't be happening to me
This is just a dream
Oh, this is just a dream
Just a dream, (yeah, yeah)
All dressed in white, going to the church that night
She had his box of letters in the passenger seat
Sixpence in her shoe
Something borrowed, something blue
And when the church doors opened up wide
She put her veil down trying to hide the tears
Oh she just couldn't believe it
She heard the trumpets from the military band
And the flowers fell out of her hands
[Chorus]
Baby, why'd you leave me, why'd you have to go
I was counting on forever, now I'll never know
I can't even breathe
It's like I'm looking from a distance,
Standing in the background
Everybody's saying, he's not coming home now,
This can't be happening to me
This is just a dream
The preacher man said let us bow our heads and pray
Lord please lift his soul and heal this hurt
Then the congregation all stood up
And sang the saddest song that she ever heard
Then they handed her a folded up flag
And she held on to all she had left of him
Oh, and what could've been
And then guns rang one last shot
And it felt like a bullet in her heart
Baby, why'd you leave me, why'd you have to go
I was counting on forever, now I'll never know
I can't even breathe
It's like I'm looking from a distance,
Standing in the background
Everybody's saying, he's not coming home now,
This can't be happening to me
This is just a dream
Baby, why'd you leave me, why'd you have to go
I was counting on forever, now I'll never know
Oh I'll never know
It's like I'm looking from a distance,
Standing in the background
Everybody's saying, he's not coming home now,
This can't be happening to me
This is just a dream
Oh, this is just a dream
Just a dream, (yeah, yeah)
Lyrics submitted by dontwasteyoursong
Track duration: 04:45
"Just a Dream" as written by Gordie Sampson, Steve Mc Ewan, Hillary Lindsey
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, WINDSWEPT HOLDINGS LLC
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The first two lines are just letting you know they got married.. maybe she is remembering that night while she's on the way to the funeral. That's why she bothers to tell you what she's wearing.. she's letting you know it's DIFFERENT occasions.
The 3rd line on, is the day of his funeral. His letters are in the passenger seat.. they are the letters he sent to her from the front lines.. of course she would bring them to the funeral.
I say they DEFINITELY married because they gave her the folded up flag. The will ONLY give the flag to next of kin which would be spouse, children, parents or such. In this case, she was his wife so she got the folded flag.
As the song said, she was married "two weeks after the day she turned eighteen.". This happened, most likely, weeks, months, or even years after that. It's the day of her husband's funeral, at the same church and she's wishing it was the day of her wedding again. She doesn't want to believe that it's actually his funeral and is trying to convince herself "this can't be happening to me, this is just a dream."
This song has the heartfelt pain of someone who's lost the one person they love most. I think that this actually happened to Carrie and this may be her way of moving on.
We were definitelty couting on forever, and now I'll never know what that would have been like...I'm just thankful I still have our babygirl. RIP baby, you will be forever missed...
Carrie Underwood definitely moves you with her songs, she's an amazing artist.
i didnt cry when i heard it coz i didnt know what it was about
and about 15 mintues ago
i ballllllllllllled soo bad because i realised what it ment
but my boyfriend was talking about something to me
and it was funny so i was crying and laughing at the same time
i looked stupid haha
xx.
The video helps. She's begging for it to be just a dream.
When I listen to it, there seems to be a problem in the actual flow of the lyrics that I've noticed since the first time I heard it. What I mean is, the way it's written it makes the story sound like it's about a girl who was expecting to get married to the man she loves, so she shows up at the church all dressed up with a veil and everything, but she literally walks into a surprise funeral for the man she wanted to marry! I keep getting this mental image of a girl walking into her wedding only to be surprised with a funeral waiting for her O_o I keep thinking she's standing there in a wedding dress being presented with a folded flag and such. It's awkward, if I have this wrong please help me.