Bill
I love you so
I always will
I look at you and see
The passion eyes of May (eyes of May)
Oh, but am I ever gonna see
My wedding day? (Wedding day)

I was on your side, Bill
When you were losin' (when you were losin')
I'd never scheme or lie, Bill
There's been no foolin' (there's been no foolin')
But kisses and love won't carry me
'Til you marry me, Bill

I love you so
I always will
And in your voice I hear
A choir of carousels (carousels)
Oh, but am I ever gonna hear
My wedding bells? (Wedding bells)

I was the one came runnin'
When you were lonely (when you were lonely)
I haven't lived one day
Not loving you only (loving you only)
But kisses and love won't carry me
'Til you marry me, Bill

I love you so
I always will
And though devotion rules my heart
I take no bows (take no bows)
Oh, but Bill, you're never gonna
Take those wedding vows (wedding vows)
Come on, Bill
Oh, come on, Bill

Come on and marry me, Bill
I got the wedding bell blues
Please marry me, Bill
I got the wedding bell blues
Wedding bell blues
(Blues)
Marry me, Bill
I got the wedding bell blues


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Wedding Bell Blues Lyrics as written by Laura Nyro

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    i love this song. my junior year english teachers name was bill..it worked out well..

    Leigho32on February 17, 2006   Link
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    Haha are you Vada Sultenfuss?

    redroses237on May 22, 2007   Link
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    Let's toast to what seemed like a wonderful 7-yr marriage and toast to phone calls today from a good friend telling me his wife (also my good friend) is having an affair. Not sure why people get married unless they want to have children and provide a home for them together. Nothing a margarita isn't curing temporarily.

    justanothergurlon May 22, 2012   Link
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    The lyrics to the final verse are currently incorrect. "You know I wanna take my wedding vows" is the original as written and sung by Laura Nyro. But these are supposed to be the lyrics as sung by the 5th Dimension, which changes that line to "Bill, you're never gonna take those wedding vows. It is a small but important change. The 5th Dimension vision puts the onus on Bill; he is the one not moving forward and stringing her along. In the original, it is more ambiguous. It may simply be that this is a woman who just really wants to get married and Bill is the guy she's focused on. She may be in a hurry and he really hasn't strung her along at all. Remember, at the time this song was written we weren't far removed from the 50's when so many women thought it disastrous to turn 20 unmarried.

    Flershanon July 18, 2017   Link
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    To me, there seems to be a perceptible edge of desperation and judging that it was written before Roe v Wade it could well mean that the women in the song is pregnant, hence "Wedding Bell Blues".

    sawfish666on November 03, 2021   Link

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