Gazing through the mirror those still eyes so deep
Gracefully dressed like a new bride to be
Hiding herself in the red veil
Eyes of innocence so tender and sweet
Leaving her home and family,
The bride leaves to make her own destiny.

The streets that were hers seem no longer  familiar
Where the days of childhood so innocent were spent
She takes on a new life to make her own story
Leaving her home and family,
The bride leaves to make her own destiny.

The bindi on her forehead speaks to her like a bright
star
The tinkling of bangles seems like starlets in her
hands
Her heart says not  to leave the streets where she
played and sang
But she can't do what her heart desires for she has
follow the old rules of life
Leaving her home and family,
The bride leaves to make her own destiny.

Dressed in the red gown she looks like a star
Eyes filled with dreams some new and bizarre
New desires fill her heart with immense joy
She seeks a world of happiness and love
where no one will seem like a stranger to her
Where happiness will prevail and the love will be hers
Leaving her home and family,
The bride leaves to make her own destiny.

Still one sees the sadness in her eyes
It speaks the unspoken and makes her cry
They remind her of the days that were left behind
The days when she was a girl who played and sang
The tears in her eyes still seem to shine
The quite streets seem to call her back again
but she has follow the old rules as they say
Leaving her home and family her innocent breaks
And the bride leaves with tears in her eyes
Shining like a star to make a new destiny of her
life...