Hey little sister, what have you done
Hey little sister, who's the only one
Hey little sister, who's your superman
Hey little sister, who's the one you want
Hey little sister, shotgun
It's a nice day to start again
It's a nice day for a white wedding
It's a nice day to start again
Hey little sister, who is it you're with
Hey little sister, what's your vice and wish
Hey little sister, shotgun (oh yeah)
Hey little sister, who's your superman
Hey little sister, shotgun
It's a nice day to start again
It's a nice day for a white wedding
It's a nice day to start again
(Pick it up)
Take me back home, yeah
Hey little sister, what have you done
Hey little sister, who's the only one
I've been away for so long (so long)
I've been away for so long (so long)
I let you go for so long
It's a nice day to start again
Come on, it's a nice day for a white wedding
It's a nice day to start again
There is nothin' fair in this world, baby
There is nothin' safe in this world
And there's nothin' sure in this world
And there's nothin' pure in this world
Look for something left in this world
Start again
Come on
It's a nice day for a white wedding
It's a nice day to start again
It's a nice day to start again
It's a nice day to start again
Hey little sister, who's the only one
Hey little sister, who's your superman
Hey little sister, who's the one you want
Hey little sister, shotgun
It's a nice day to start again
It's a nice day for a white wedding
It's a nice day to start again
Hey little sister, who is it you're with
Hey little sister, what's your vice and wish
Hey little sister, shotgun (oh yeah)
Hey little sister, who's your superman
Hey little sister, shotgun
It's a nice day to start again
It's a nice day for a white wedding
It's a nice day to start again
(Pick it up)
Take me back home, yeah
Hey little sister, what have you done
Hey little sister, who's the only one
I've been away for so long (so long)
I've been away for so long (so long)
I let you go for so long
It's a nice day to start again
Come on, it's a nice day for a white wedding
It's a nice day to start again
There is nothin' fair in this world, baby
There is nothin' safe in this world
And there's nothin' sure in this world
And there's nothin' pure in this world
Look for something left in this world
Start again
Come on
It's a nice day for a white wedding
It's a nice day to start again
It's a nice day to start again
It's a nice day to start again
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White Wedding, Pt. 1 Lyrics as written by Billy Idol
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Morons.
shot·gun mar·riage
ˈˌSHätˌɡən ˈmerij/
nouninformal
noun: shotgun wedding
an enforced or hurried wedding, especially because the bride is pregnant.
"Hey little sister who's the only one
Hey little sister who's your superman"
"I've been away for so long (so long)
I let you go for so long"
C'mon now. Sounds to me like they sort of messed around when they were little and then he left. Now he's back for her wedding to some dude and he's reminding of what they used to do.
People, there are multiple interpretations of things! Yes, its about the wedding of Idol's character's (real or imagined) sister to someone else after being knocked up - as he claimed in the interview. Yes, the incest references are deliberate: Idol is not an idiot, and knows exactly how people hear lines like "Hey little sister, who's the one you want?"
And, above all, yes it is about a couple (related or no) using drugs. Freebase cocaine/crack, not heroin. "White wedding" is and was actually slang for a coke relapse. A "shotgun" is blowing exhaled smoke into someone's mouth when you are doing drugs so as not to waste any of the hit - this has been in common use for decades. He walks in and sees her with the the stuff after an attempt to quit: "What have you done?" If shes getting high, so is her "only one". He decides to join her, sharing the hit intimately: "shotgun". They relapse: "its a nice day to start again". It feels good . He's "been away for so long.". Contemplating their actions, and possibly their relationship, he concludes that "there's nothing pure in this world" so you might as well "look for something else in this world" (via momentary pleasure) . . . and Idol is certainly enough of a confirmed hedonist to have this interpretation. The "vice and wish" line also supports this nicely. The wedding is figuarative, and the "sister" probably (but not necessarily) is, too.
And that's probably all there is to say about it.
i was just recently explaining it to my sister to be exact lol
but anyway, he says "Hey little sister what have you done?" and stuff like who's your only one.
basically his "sister" got pregnant out of wedlock hence the SHOTGUN- shotgun wedding. and her "Superman" isn't fit to support her, he feels bad that he's been away for so long and that it's like it's his fault. he's saying that she should get married, but she can't have a WHITE WEDDING because she isn't a virgin anymore.
so i believe that it's a song about premarital sex and thinking about the choices you make..... but idk. let me know what you think.
Shotgun in the song is riding shotgun as in protecting . Reread the lyrics
"I stared at the blank piece of scrap paper in front of me. Taking the pen sitting alongside it in hand, I wrote 'white wedding' at the top. What made me think of that? Well, my sister had recently gone to the altar pregnant. And while that fact was perfectly all right with everyone, seeing as how she loved the guy, I started thinking how, in the more recent past, this would have been called a 'shotgun wedding'. I started to imagine an alternative reality, one in which I was pissed off at this violation of my sister and I arrive at the wedding hell-bent on revenge.
Is this guy in love with his sister in an incestuous way, hating the thought of anyone else having her? The lyrics imply it, but without spelling it out—they create an uneasy feel."