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MABEL FORTUNE

THROW THE BOUQUET

Sings her actual diary at a piano and has been asked to tone it down by three separate labels

style

  • jazz-pop
  • live band
  • walking bass and brass stabs
  • theatrical storytelling vocal
  • funny and desperate by turns
  • big-band swagger with modern drums
  • london accent
  • charismatic and unguarded
  • london accent
  • funny

the numbers

bpm
103
key
F minor
energy
0.67
dance
0.90
valence
0.55
vocal at
4.3s
length
1:40
language
En

lyrics

They sat me by the kitchen door
With cousin Gwen, who's ninety-four
She asked me where my fella's been
I drained my glass and asked for gin

The band strikes up a slow one — great
I'm slow-dancing with my plate

Throw the bouquet, throw the bouquet
I've got my elbows out, okay?
Throw the bouquet, throw the bouquet
I practiced catching all of May
Throw the bouquet, throw the bouquet

I caught the eye of groomsman Pete
He's got a wife and kids — how sweet
I cried at in sickness and health
Then toasted to my single self

Love is real — I've seen the proof
It's just allergic to my roof
So cut the cake and dim the light
And someone drive me home tonight

Throw it, throw it, throw the bouquet
Throw it, throw it, throw the bouquet