I Pronounce You - Madness

Well, there’s a feeling in your stomach

A light trembling at the knees

Not even knowing who the lucky fellow might be

Bridesmaids are cleaning the court-house bell

Horse-driven carriages wait patiently in hell

Happiness has been arranged for some time in July

Invitations have been sent, I’m so bitter I could cry

Congratulations flown in from a long-lost friend

For the big occasion regretting that he can’t attend

And as family tradition is busy making up your mind

Gallantly standing draped in his holy shroud

God’s representative mumbles to a tearful crowd

I now pronounce you

I now pronounce you

Mother, Father, wake up, you’ve overlooked one thing

The daughter you’ve planned for four years

Won’t get to wear your ring

Instead she’ll be running off into the dark of night

Straight into the hungry arms that long to hold her tight

And as family tradition is busy making up your mind

Gallantly standing draped in his holy shroud

God’s representative mumbles to a tearful crowd

I now pronounce you

I now pronounce you

There’s a feeling deep inside of you, a feeling that of ease

You’re the sweetest thing that could ever happen for me

The bridesmaids are ringing the court-house bell

Horse-driven carriages try to cover streets to tell

And as family tradition is busy making up your mind

Gallantly standing draped in his holy shroud

God’s representative mumbles to a tearful crowd

I now pronounce you

I now pronounce you

I now pronounce you

I now pronounce you