Give Us Your Blessings - Ray Peterson

Jimmy and Sue

Were both very young

But they were as much in love

As two people could be

And all they wanted was to be together

And share that love

Eternally

They went to their folks and told them

That someday soon they’d be wed

Their folks just laughed

And called them kids

So Jimmy said

«Give us your blessing

Please don’t make us run away

Give us your blessing

Say you’ll be there on our wedding day»

They wouldn’t have laughed at Jimmy

If they could’ve seen through the door

They’d have seen Sue in the car

While he begged them just once more

«Give us your blessing

Please don’t make us run away

Give us your blessing

Say you’ll be there on our wedding day»

Well as they drove off

They were crying

And nobody knows for sure

Is that is why they didn’t see

The sign that read detour

The next day when they found them

Jimmy and Sue were dead

And as their folks knelt beside them they couldn’t help but hear

The last words Jimmy had said

«Give us your blessing

Please don’t make us run away

Give us your blessing

Say you’ll be there on our wedding day»

«Give us your blessing

Please don’t make us run away»