Give Us Your Blessing-The Shangri-Las

Run, run, run, mary, run, run, run, jimmy, run, run, run, mary, run, run, run, Mary and jimmy were both very young but as much in love as two people could be and all they wanted was to share that love eternally They went to their folks they told them that someday soon they'd be wed their folks just laughed and called them kids so mary 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 mary if they could have seen through the door but jimmy was waiting in the car while mary begged 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 that, that's why they didn't see the sign that read detour The next day they found them mary and jimmy were dead and as their folks knelt beside them in the rain they couldn't help but hear the last words that mary and 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 Run, run, run, mary, run, run, run, jimmy, run, run, run, mary, run, run, run,