The Wedding Is Off

[JENNY]

Bless this day

Pinnacle of life

Husband joined to wife

The heart leaps up to behold

This golden day

[AMY]

The chapel is gleaming

The guests are inside

The parents are beaming

And look at the bride:

Beautiful gown, even at retail—

Lamp the veil, folks, notice the coif

And another fabulous detail:

The wedding is off!

[JENNY]

Bless this bride, totally insane

[AMY]

The choir is singing

The preacher's been paid

The bells go on ringing—

I hope it's a raid

Staggering gifts, dazzling flowers

Picturewise, the show is a boff—

Thanks a heap, now back to the showers

The wedding is off!

I know it's been rough, gang

To come all this way

Can't thank you enough, gang—

I wish I could stay

Look, if you enjoy public disaster

If you like to snicker and scoff

You can be sick forty times faster:

Go to a funeral, a funeral's groovy

Sit through an Antonioni movie

Dip into National Geographic

Watch a pedestrian killed in traffic

But, sorry, folks—

This wedding is off!

[JENNY]

Bless this day

Tragedy of life

Husband yoked to wife

The heart sinks down

And feels dead

This dreadful day