Shotgun Wedding

Meet, conceive and marry

True love's a shotgun wedding

There's no time to fool around

Because you have no choices now



Flowers in the backyard

With the family gathered round

True love's a shotgun wedding

You can't plan it out



Perhaps if it was passion

And not just circumstances

That you put a little love

Into that question that you're asking



She lays a kiss upon your cheek

Her lips so full and round

True love's a shotgun wedding

Mama said "don't fool around"



I know it seems awkward

But that ain't gonna stop her

This down payment is a promise

That your love is gonna prosper



The world won't end

When you throw in the towel

True love's a shotgun wedding

With the layman writing vows



It's the right thing, boy

Put that ring around her finger

And don't you stop to worry

That the feeling won't linger



Light yourself a cigarette

While writing invitations

She knows this matrimony

Won't meet child expectations



You lay a hand upon her belly

So full and round

True love's a shotgun wedding

Mama said "don't fool around"



True love's a shotgun wedding

And you can't plan it out