Expert: Mel Priddle - 5/24/2007

Question
I'm looking for the name of the 1970's country song containing these lyrics and the artist who sang it:  It was just a bad dream.....you'll be wearing that dress of white......it was just a bad dream....
Thanks!

Answer
Hello JB,

I don't know a song with those exact lyrics, but I know one with lyrics that are quite similar. It was called "It Could Have Been Me" and reached #61 on the Country charts in 1974 for Sami Jo (full name Sami Jo Cole).



"It Could Have Been Me"

Holding you as music softly playin'
Sounds of people's whispers sayin'
She's a pretty bride
You're such a lucky man

I smile and blink the tears away
And find the proper words to say
While aching with a pain
They just can't understand

It could have been me
Wearing that dress of white
It could have been me
Holding you close tonight

It could have been me
Giving your children life
Why can't it be me
Who'd be your wife?

Now we're gathered
All together
You vow your love
For worse or better

Lift her veil and kiss her with a tender blow
Then leading her back up the aisle
I try meet your eyes and smile
But all the time my heart is breaking so

It could have been me
Wearing that dress in white
It could have been me
Holding you close tonight

It could have been me
Giving your children life
It could have been me
Who'd be your wife

I toast the lovely bride and groom
And as you leave the noisy room
They say it's my turn to catch
The bride's bouquet

And as the crowd goes streaming past
And someone says, "He's hers at last"
I hold my pretty flowers
And slowly walk away

Could this be a dream
Will I be wearin' that dress in white?
Could it really be me
Who'd be holdin' you close tonight?

Please say that it's me
Who'd be giving your children life
Wake me from this dream
Take me for your wife

It's only a dream
I'll be wearing that dress in white
It was just a bad dream
I'll be holding you close tonight

I'm proud that it's me
Who will be giving your children life
That God that it's me
Who'll be your wife

It's only a dream
I'll be wearing that dress in white
It was just a bad dream
I'll be holding you close tonight

I'm proud that it's me
Who will be giving your children life
That God that it's me
Who'll be your wife


Glad to be of help. Cheers..........Mel.