Matthew Brookshire: Songs

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I flew half way across the country for this
changed planes and you’re changing your name Saturday
it’s so fun I can’t stand it
you both must be happy, hooray
but there’s one more thing I’d like to say

do you really wanna go and marry him?
are you sure you wanna go and marry him?
though it may seem like you’re living some dream
I see the life you’ll be waking up in
do you wanna marry him?

tell me where is the old girl I once knew?
did she trade in her dreams for a carat or two?
I know I’ve had one too many
but now i see clearly, I do
what living down here has done to you

do you really wanna go and marry him?
are you sure you wanna go and marry him?
there’s still some time to start changing your mind
I am telling you now as your friend
you don’t wanna marry him

didn’t we swear that we’d never give in to them or become one of them
maybe I misunderstood
‘cause we drifted apart the way people do, turned into someone new
I think I’ve lost you for good

I’m so glad I got to share in your day
it was beautiful, you look beautiful
I loved the part when he read us that poem by Rilke