In the 1980s, sunglasses were a common fashion for people who wanted to adopt a "tough guy" persona (note all the cop shows from that era -- Simon & Simon, Miami Vice, etc. -- where the lead characters wore shades). So I think this song is about a guy who wears shades as a way of hiding his insecurity after learning that his girlfriend is cheating on him. He's trying to pretend that he's a "tough guy" to hide the fact that his girlfriend's affair is disturbing him.
I thought I knew what love was like
The fairytale, the masquerade
You proved me wrong and made me learn
In simple terms, take me to the church
The dreams I dreamt have lost their spice
The goals I made I'll sacrifice
The car, the house, the millionaire
I don't care, just take me to the church
Oh I'll...
Chorus:
Forget the white Mercedes, lords and ladies
The secret safe behind the door, marble on the floor
Forget the house in Mayfair, we'll live somewhere
Keep saving up the bus fare, to take me to the church
My friend's words didn't mean a thing
She'd show me how her perfect ring
Which cost a grand would compliment
Her tiny hand, take me to the church
And in my dreams, he'd write a check
And slip a diamond 'round my neck
And love would stand where it could see
And laugh at me, take me to the church
Oh I'll...
Chorus:
Forget the white Mercedes, lords and ladies
The secret safe behind the door, marble on floor
Forget the house in Mayfair, we'll live somewhere
Keep saving up the bus fare, to take me to the church
Bridge:
When you were just a step away, well I feel so lonely
And now I know the time is right for this matrimony
I'm gonna love you till I die
I want to tell the world the reason why
Oh I'll...
Chorus:
Forget the white Mercedes, lords and ladies
The secret safe behind the door, marble on the floor
Forget the house in Mayfair, we'll live somewhere
Keep saving up the bus fare, to take me to the church
The fairytale, the masquerade
You proved me wrong and made me learn
In simple terms, take me to the church
The dreams I dreamt have lost their spice
The goals I made I'll sacrifice
The car, the house, the millionaire
I don't care, just take me to the church
Oh I'll...
Chorus:
Forget the white Mercedes, lords and ladies
The secret safe behind the door, marble on the floor
Forget the house in Mayfair, we'll live somewhere
Keep saving up the bus fare, to take me to the church
My friend's words didn't mean a thing
She'd show me how her perfect ring
Which cost a grand would compliment
Her tiny hand, take me to the church
And in my dreams, he'd write a check
And slip a diamond 'round my neck
And love would stand where it could see
And laugh at me, take me to the church
Oh I'll...
Chorus:
Forget the white Mercedes, lords and ladies
The secret safe behind the door, marble on floor
Forget the house in Mayfair, we'll live somewhere
Keep saving up the bus fare, to take me to the church
Bridge:
When you were just a step away, well I feel so lonely
And now I know the time is right for this matrimony
I'm gonna love you till I die
I want to tell the world the reason why
Oh I'll...
Chorus:
Forget the white Mercedes, lords and ladies
The secret safe behind the door, marble on the floor
Forget the house in Mayfair, we'll live somewhere
Keep saving up the bus fare, to take me to the church
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