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CHOIRGIRL:Bless this day,Pinnacle of life,Husband joined to wife.The heart leaps up to beholdThis golden day.PAUL:Today is for Amy,Amy, I give you the rest of my life,To cherish and to keep you, to honor you forever.Today is for Amy,My happily soon-to-be wife.AMY:Pardon me, is everybody here? Because if everybody's here, I want to thank you all for coming to the wedding, I'd appreciate your going even more, I mean you must have lots of better things to do, and not a word of this to Paul, remember Paul, you know, the man I'm gonna marry, but I'm not, because I wouldn't ruin anyone as wonderful as he is--Thank you allFor the gifts and the flowers,Thank you all,Now it's back to the showers,Don't tell Paul,SongtexteBut I'm not getting married today.CHOIRGIRL:Bless this day,Tragedy of life,Husband yoked to wife.The heart sinks down and feels deadThis dreadful day.AMY:Listen, everybody, look, I don't know what you're waiting for,a wedding, what's a wedding, it's a prehistoric ritualwhere everybody promises fidelity forever, which ismaybe the most horrifying word I ever heard of, which isfollowed by a honeymoon, where suddenly he'll realize he'ssaddled with a nut, and wanna kill me, which he should--So listen, thanks a bunch,But I'm not getting married--Go have lunch,'Cause I'm not getting married--You've been grand,But I'm not getting married--Don't just stand there,I'm not getting married--And don't tell Paul,But I'm not getting married today.Go, can't you go?Why is no-Body listening?Goodbye,Go and cryAt another person's wake.If you're quick,For a kick,You could pickUp a christening,But please,On my knees,There's a human life at stake!Listen everybody, I'm afraid you didn't hear, or do you want tosee a crazy lady fall apart in front of you, it isn't only Paulwho may be ruining his life, you know we'll both of us be losingour identities, I telephoned my analyst about it and he said tosee him Monday, but by Monday I'll be floating in the Hudson withthe other garbage--I'm not well,So I'm not getting married--You've been swell,But I'm not getting married--Clear the hall,'Cause I'm not getting married--Thank you all,But I'm not getting married--And don't tell Paul,But I'm not getting married today.CHOIRGIRL:Bless this bride,Totally insane,Slipping down the drain.And bless this day in our heartsAs it startsTo rain.PAUL:Today is for Amy,Amy, I give you the rest of my life,To cherish and to keep you, to honor you forever.Today is for Amy,My happily soon-to-be wife.My adorable wife.AMY:Go, can't you go?Look, you knowI adore you all,But whyWatch me dieLike Eliza on the ice?Look, perhapsI'll collapseIn the apseRight before you all,So takeBack the cake,Burn the shoes and boil the rice.Look, I didn't wanna have to tell you, but I may be comingdown with Hepatitis, and I think I'm gonna faint, so ifyou wanna see me faint, I'll do it happily, but wouldn'tit be funnier to go and watch a funeral, so thank you for thetwenty-seven dinner plates,thirty-seven butter knives,forty-seven paperweights,fifty-seven candleholders--PAUL:One more thing--AMY:I am not getting married!CHOIR:Amen!PAUL:Softly said--AMY:But I'm not getting married!CHOIR:Amen!PAUL:With this ring--AMY:Still I'm not getting married!CHOIR:Amen!PAUL:I thee wed.AMY:See, I'm not getting married!CHOIR:Amen!PAUL:Let us prayThat we are getting marriedToday!AMY:Let us prayThat we're not getting marriedToday! CHOIR:AMEN!!! Aus Songtexte Mania