I should have told you all I wanted was to have some fun (To have some fun) But you wanted me to be the permanent one (The permanent one) Yes you did Now when we're in the movies or the back of a car You always stop me when I go too far I should have known you'd always keep me waiting For those wedding bells Those wedding bells Oh we could talk all night but you won't understand (Don't leave me in the lurch today) The only words you want to hear are "Do you take this man?" (In church today) Does the lull in conversation mean the penny's droppin'? You should have known that I was only window shoppin' It's my clumsy way of sayin' that we should be stoppin' Those wedding bells Those wedding bells I'm like a square peg in a round hole I don't belong here baby Don't need a fanfare or a drum roll To tell you baby I don't belong to you baby Oh you say it's not important but I know what you're thinkin' 'Cos every time we kiss I feel your kisses stingin' In the back of my mind I know you'll always be ringin' Those wedding bells Those wedding bells I knew I should have told you all I wanted was to have some fun (That was yesterday) But you wanted me to be the permanent one (Say yes today) Oh I'd do it but the pleasure isn't worth the pain We'd run out of track before we got on the train Can't you hear the sound of heartstrings snappin' under the strain Of those wedding bells Those wedding bells Those wedding bells Those wedding bells...

"Amazing grace" is a beautiful tune Come on spring, will you sing for me in June I want you to be there when the church choir sing I want you to be there when those wedding bells rings A baby is born in June in my name? In times of trouble and pain Let that spirit grace a tender heart Teach her love right from the start May this love in peace ever rise? May this love grow healthy and sane On steady feet to a higher ground To a state of grace when no dogs come around I want you to be there when those wedding bells ring (*4) I want you to be there (*4) I want you to be there when those wedding bells ring I want you to be there (*3)

I have the invitation that you sent me You wanted me to see you change your name I couldn't stand to see you wed another But dear I hope you're happy just the same Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel That should be ringing out for you and me Down the aisle with someone else you're walking Those wedding bell will never ring for me I planned a little cottage in the valley I even bought a little band of gold I thought some day I'd place it on your finger But now the future looks so dark and cold Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel I hear the children laughing out with glee At home alone I hang my head in sorrow Those wedding bells will never ring for me I fancy that I see a bunch of roses A blossom from an orange tree in your hair And while the organ plays I love you truly Please let me pretend that I am there Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel Ever since the day you set me free I knew someday that you would wed another But wedding bells will never ring for me

I'm a rollin' stone all alone and lost For a life of sin, I have paid the cost When I pass by, all the people say Just another guy on the lost highway Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine And a woman's lies makes a life like mine Oh the day we met, I went astray I started rolling down that lost highway I was just a lad, nearly 22 Neither good nor bad, just a kid like you And now I'm lost, too late to pray Lord, I take a cost, on the lost highway Now boys don't start to ramblin' round On this road of sin, are you sorrow-bound? Take my advice or you'll curse the day You started rollin' down that lost highway

I could say it's over now That I was glad to see you go I could hate you for the way I'm feelin' My lips could tell a lie, but my heart would know It's a sin to make me cry When you know I love you so I could tell my heart that I don't miss you My lips could tell a lie, but my heart would know I could give you all the blame But I'm sure the truth would show I could tell this world I've found a new love My lips could tell a lie, but my heart would know I can't fool my cryin' heart 'Cause it knows I need you so I could tell my heart I'm glad we parted My lips could tell a lie, but my heart would know

When my baby moved out and the blues moved in There wasn't nothing I could do But mosey around with my head in my hands Lord, what am I comin' to I just keep moanin', moanin' the blues I wrote a nice long letter sayin', "Mama please come home Your daddy is lonesome, and all I do is moan" I've been lovin' that girl for so doggone long, I can't afford to lose her now I thought I was right, but I must have been wrong 'Cause my head is startin' to bow, and now I'm moanin', moanin' the blues If you want a good girl to stay around You gotta treat her nice and kind If you do her wrong, she'll leave this town And you'll almost lose your mind Then you'll be moanin', moanin' the blues Oh, baby, baby, baby, honey, baby, please come home Your daddy is lonesome and all I do is moan I promise you, baby, that I'll be good, and I'll never be bad no more I'm sittin' here waitin' for you right now to walk through that front door Then I'll stop moanin', moanin' the blues

Once I was happy as I could be But I let a girl make a fool of me And ever since she let me down The blues come around when the sun goes down Oh, the blues come around Oh, the blues come around Lord, the blues come around Every evenin' when the sun goes down As long as the sun is in the sky These doggone blues never make me cry But ever since she left this town The blues come around when the sun goes down Oh, the blues come around Oh, the blues come around Lord, the blues come around Every evenin' when the sun goes down I built my castles very high And then she went and said goodbye And ever since she tore 'em down The blues come around when the sun goes down Oh, the blues come around Oh, the blues come around Lord, the blues come around Every evenin' when the sun goes down Once she called me all her own But now she's gone and I'm alone And every evenin', I'm sorrow bound 'Cause the blues come around when the sun goes down Oh, the blues come around Oh, the blues come around Lord, the blues come around Every evenin' when the sun goes down Oh, the blues come around Yeah, the blues come around Lord, the blues come around Every evenin' when the sun goes down