Ray Peterson — Give Us Your Blessings

[Spoken] 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 [Sung] 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 [Spoken] 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 [Sung] "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"