“The Wedding List” is a song written by Kate Bush for her 1980 album, Never for Ever. The song was inspired by a François Truffaut’s film called ‘The Bride Wore Black’. It tells of a groom who is accidentally murdered on the day of his wedding by a group of five people who shoot at him from a window...
[Verse 1]
No, I'll never give the hunt up
And I won't muck it up
Somehow this was it, I knew
Maybe fate wants you dead too
We've come together in the very same room
And I'm coming for you
[Verse 2]
Do you think I'd ever let you
Get away with it, huh?
He swooned in warm maroon
There's gas in your barrel, and I'm flooded with doom
You've made a wake of our honeymoon
And I'm coming for you
[Pre-Chorus]
All of the headlines said “Passion Crime:
Newly Weds, Groom Shot Dead
Mystery Man, God Help the Bride
She's a widow, all in red
With his red still wet”
[Chorus 1]
(She said) I'll put him on the wedding list
I'll put him on the wedding list
I'll get him and I will not miss
[Verse 3]
And now, as I'm coming for you
All I see is Rudi
I die with him, again and again
And I feel good in my revenge
I'm gonna fill your head with lead
I'm coming for you
[Verse 4]
And when it's all over, you'll roll over
The butt of my gun
One in your belly, and one for Rudi
You got what you gave by the heel of my bootie
Bang bang, out like an old cherootie
I'm coming for you
[Pre-Chorus]
All of the headlines said “Passion Crime:
Newly Weds, Groom Shot Dead
Mystery Man, God Help the Bride
She's a widow, all in red
With his red still wet”
[Chorus 2]
But she sure got him on the wedding list
I got him on the wedding list
I got him and I did not miss
I pinned him on the wedding list
[Outro]
(And after she shot the guy)
(She committed suicide)
I'm coming, Rudi
(And later, when they analyzed)
(They found a little one inside)
(It must have been Rudi's child) I shot, shot, shot him honey
(Never mind, she got the guy) He hit the ground, Rudi
(An eye for an eye)
Ashes to, ashes to ashes
(An eye for an eye)
I hit him, hit him, oh, oh, oh, oh
(An eye for an eye)
Rudi, Rudi
I'm coming, coming, coming, honey
(An eye for an eye)
Rudi
The Wedding List was written by Kate Bush.
Kate Bush released The Wedding List on Sun Sep 07 1980.