Name: My Bride To Be
Duration: P00H03M41S
Description: Welcome to this novel in the form of a pop song--complete with plot, sub-plot, hero, heroine, and villain. Yes, it's autobiographical but the crucial part is the bride and groom. That's us from behind on the album cover and here we are again smiling to beat the band the day we exchanged vows (our photographer--the only witness!~)

My Bride To Be

from The TakeAway by Tad Wise

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Welcome to this novel in the form of a pop song--complete with plot, sub-plot, hero, heroine, and villain. Yes, it's autobiographical but the crucial part is the bride and groom. That's us from behind on the album cover and here we are again smiling to beat the band the day we exchanged vows (our photographer--the only witness!~)

lyrics

My Bride To Be Words & Music Tad Wise

You know when something's collared you...and it won't let go.
It's like when someone's following you...
But they won't show themselves--not yet, no.
Well, for me it was worse.
The walls were closing in.
I'd already run.
I was just about...done in.

And I'd almost stopped believing in myself .
I thought I must have mistaken me for someone else.
Almost let my enemy deny
All that was still left of me.
I scraped up the last bet.
He said, "Pot's shy."
Til the cavalry kickin' up a duststorm appeared on the horizon
Just in time.

And that was you...my baby.
That was you--bringer of twin destiny.
That was you...my darling.
That was you. My Bride To Be.

When a set of eyes are burning you alive
And you're not even sure whose head they burn from.
You're not safe alone.
But you shouldn't really leave home.
Yet around friends you're poison.

For me it was worse.
The walls were closing in.
I'd already run.
I was just about...done in.

And I'd almost stopped believing in what had been foretold.
I almost stopped believing in the oracle of old.
Almost let my enemy deny...
What little was left of me.
He said I was deluded before my family--
There I draw the line.
But I couldn't fight back yet 'cuz I didn't yet have my...true ally.

And that was you...my baby.
That was you--bringer of twin destiny.
That was you...my darling.
That was you. My Bride To Be.

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BMI 2023

credits

from The TakeAway, released November 18, 2023
Tad Wise: guitars & vocals
Tony Levin: bass
Jerry Marotta: drums
Daniel A Weiss: keyboards
drums & 1st guitar recorded at Jersville
by Ariel Shafir
additional guitars & entirety mixed & mastered by Mark Dann
at Mark Dann Studios
Produced by Tad Wise
Photograph by Mikhail Glabets
Graphics by JoAnn Chamberlain

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Tad Wise Woodstock, New York

Tad Wise started writing songs at ten, while raking Bob Dylan’s leaves. He was discovered by John Hall in 2000 who promptly produced Wise’s first CD. Twenty years later Wise returned. First with "For The Record," with Tony Levin & Jerry Marotta. Then with "Mind's Eye." In 2023 he'll release
"The TakeAway," starting with the title track...right now. ... more