Song Description
Love gone violent
| Song Length |
3:30 |
Genre |
Country - Cajun, Blues - Delta |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Enraged, Frenzied |
Subject |
Violence, Bad Love |
| Similar Artists |
The Charlie Daniels Band, B.B. King |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Seventeen "reigns" down on me
there was nothing I could give her but my high school ring
We carved our initials with my Grandpa's knife
the whole town knew Mary'd be my wife
We were sittin outside in Daddy's old ride
she couldn't hide that tear in her eye
It's a crazy thing how life can change
I never thought I'd end up this way
My teenage days were as good as gone
I'm standin out here on the church's front lawn
Knowing I'll not end up regrettin
This Shotgun Wedding
It was there in the cab of that Chevrolet
the tear drop that took my youth away
Mary begged to me "Please understand"
she was marrying her another man
Engaged in rage when I asked her "why?"
She said the baby she was havin wasn't mine!
It's a crazy thing how life can change
I never thought I'd end up this way
My teenage days were as good as gone
I'm standin out here on the church's front lawn
Knowin I'll not end up regrettin
This Shotgun Wedding
Him and his best man were smokin outside
they'd lock me away before the blood stains dried
There were siren's wailin while the church bells rang
It ended with a double-barrel "BANG"
It's a crazy thing how life can change
I never thought I'd end up this way
My teenage days were as good as gone
I'm standin out here on the church's front lawn
Knowin I'll not end up regrettin
This Shotgun Wedding