Weep, Bride, Weep,
Now your girlhood is over, and your womanhood lies stretched out before you,
Weep, Bride, Weep,
Like a dull, grey matronly corpse on the coroner’s slab.
Weep, Bride, Weep,
Nothing but the horrifying agony of childbirth for you to look forward to now,
Weep, Bride, Weep,
While the melodies of yesterday’s parties echo sadly in the past.
Weep, Bride, Weep,
Now I’m sorry but it’s time for me to talk about the subject of your husband:
Weep, Bride, Weep,
I guess you think he’s pretty cute and pretty smart, and maybe even pretty
Deep.
Well Weep, Bride, Weep,
‘Cause he’s a closeted
Marxist, who thinks that marriage is state prostitution,
Weep, Bride, Weep,
So sometimes you’ll have to fuck him just to get him to shut up and go to sleep.
Weep, Bride, Weep,
But not too hard—we can’t have you collapsing out of sheer desolation,
Weep, Bride, Weep,
We need you functionally depressive, so you’ll still get up and drive the kids to class.
Weep, Bride, Weep,
At least tonight your father’s buying all of the liquid consolation,
And the musicians
Will enjoy the bridesmaids
In the ass.
Singer / songwriter / accordionist / novelist Geoff Berner's music combines klezmer, punk, political satire and Balkan dance
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