Anaïs Mitchell

Wedding Song
EURYDICELover, tell me if you canWho's gonna buy the wedding bands?Times being what they areHard and getting harder all the timeORPHEUSLover, when I sing my songAll the rivers sing alongAnd they're gonna break their banks for meTo lay their gold around my feetAll a-flashing in the pan, all to fashion for your handThe rivers gonna give us the wedding bandsEURYDICELover, tell me, if you're ableWho's gonna lay the wedding table?Times being what they areDark and getting darker all the timeORPHEUSLover, when I sing my songAll the trees gonna sing alongAnd bend their branches down to meTo lay their fruit around my feetThe almond and the appleSongtexteAnd the sugar from the mapleThe trees gonna lay the wedding tableEURYDICELover, tell me, when we're wedWho's gonna make the wedding bed?Times being what they areHard and getting harder all the timeORPHEUSLover, when I sing my songAll the birds gonna sing alongAnd they'll come flying round to meTo lay their feathers at my feetAnd we'll lie down in eiderdown,A pillow 'neath our headsThe birds gonna make the wedding bedAnd the trees gonna lay the wedding tableAnd the rivers gonna give us the wedding bands Aus Songtexte Mania