@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Bill I love you so
I always will
I look at you and see
the passion eyes of May
Oh but am I ever gonna see
my wedding day?
Oh I was on your side Bill
when you were losin'
I'd never scheme or lie Bill
There's been no foolin'
but kisses and love won't carry me
till you marry me Bill
Bill I love you so
I always will
and in your voice I hear
a choir of carousels
Oh but am I ever gonna hear
my wedding bells?
I was the one came runnin'
when you were lonely
I haven't lived one day
not loving you only
but kisses and love won't carry me
till you marry me Bill
Bill I love you so
I always will
and though devotion rules my heart
I take no bows
Oh but Bill you know
I wanna take my wedding vows
Come on Bill
Come on Bill
I got the wedding bell blues
I always will
I look at you and see
the passion eyes of May
Oh but am I ever gonna see
my wedding day?
Oh I was on your side Bill
when you were losin'
I'd never scheme or lie Bill
There's been no foolin'
but kisses and love won't carry me
till you marry me Bill
Bill I love you so
I always will
and in your voice I hear
a choir of carousels
Oh but am I ever gonna hear
my wedding bells?
I was the one came runnin'
when you were lonely
I haven't lived one day
not loving you only
but kisses and love won't carry me
till you marry me Bill
Bill I love you so
I always will
and though devotion rules my heart
I take no bows
Oh but Bill you know
I wanna take my wedding vows
Come on Bill
Come on Bill
I got the wedding bell blues
Lyrics submitted by kienholzfan
Wedding Bell Blues Lyrics as written by Laura Nyro
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Like a lot of Laura's songs, this one is really about womanhood in a way that I can't comment. But musically its one of the most fantastic compositions that a human being has ever created. It's immediately infectious, but at the same time you can hear it over and over again and it doesn't get old. Laura is one of a kind, she had a beautiful voice, a eclectic if not eccentric taste in lyrics, and most importantly a sense of melody that far belied her years. She wrote this song when she was 19. What did you do when you were 19. I got drunk in the basement. Most of us probably did the same. Laura wrote some of the most beautifully recorded songs we're ever likely to here. Let's thank her for that.
Completely agree with everything you said!
correct - she's in the same class as Carole King
@freewheelinmike Amen. And there's clever cycle of other senses she uses in the lyric -- Will I ever see? Will I ever hear? Will we ever kiss? And all the sights and sounds that come with her hopes and dreams. Ya. Fantastic. (Just BTW, Billy Strayhorn wrote "Lush Life" in high school. I don't know how to explain that sort of talent.
I was 3 in 1997 when Laura passed away. My mom, being so upset over this bought Stoned Soul Picnic and played it everyday in the car. She sang Emmie to me and acted as though Eli was a sort of bogeyman. So the entire Stoned Soul Picnic greatest hits album is so nostalgic to me. Yesterday I raided my mom's old CD collection and I put all of Stoned Soul Picnic on my ipod and this is the one song that I cannot stop listening to. I'm 16 now and I can totally relate even though there is such a gap in time. Now I cannot believe I've been living most of my life without this song and Laura herself. I wish she were still alive because she truly continues to be a major influence on people's lives.
The version of the song I am listening to has different lyrics in a way that completely changes the song for me.
I think the last verse goes:
Bill, I love you so I always will And though devotion rules my heart I take no bows Oh, Bill you're never gonna take those wedding vows Come on Bill Oh, come on Bill Come on and marry me, Bill I've got the wedding bell blues Please marry me Bill I've got the wedding bell blues Wedding bell blues Marry me Bill
The narrator seemingly loves Bill a lot, but sees the reality of her situation ("You're never gonna take those wedding vows") and has to make the best choices she can ("I take no bows").
I love how alive and swing-y this song is.