Friday, February 19, 2010

Need some wedding vows written? I'm available!

Ok, so I have been helping to plan my niece's wedding, which has been slightly non-traditional to say the least.  The ceremony itself will be very traditional, it's just been the process of getting there - which has included me writing their wedding vows.  Thankfully, my doing this did prompt a last minute couple decision on what it was that THEY wanted to say, and I was glad to copy and paste this into the ceremony!  (Although - this is likely to cause parental and pastoral drama - but not because the vows are racy - because they are so traditional - stay tuned!)
This process has reminded me of the Patty Griffin song, "When it Don't Come Easy."  I have long thought that this song would actually make a great set of wedding vows, so I've copied and pasted it below. Side note - I got these off the internet and I'm not sure these lyrics are 100% accurate - but I think you'll get the drift.

"When It Don't Come Easy"

Red lights are flashing on the highway

I wonder if we're gonna ever get home

I wonder if we're gonna ever get home tonight

Everywhere the waters getting rough

Your best intentions may not be enough

I wonder if we're gonna ever get home tonight


But if you break down

I'll drive out and find you

If you forget my love

I'll try to remind you

And stay by you when it don't come easy


I don't know nothing except change will come

Year after year what we do is undone

Time keeps moving from a crawl to a run

I wonder if we're gonna ever get home


You're out there walking down a highway

And all of the signs got blown away

Sometimes you wonder if you're walking in the wrong direction


But if you break down

I'll drive out and find you

If you forget my love

I'll try to remind you

And stay by you when it don't come easy


So many things that I had before

That don't matter to me now

Tonight I cry for the love that I've lost

And the love I've never found

When the last bird falls

And the last siren sounds

Someone will say what's been said before

It's only love we were looking for


But if you break down

I'll drive out and find you

If you forget my love

I'll try to remind you

And stay by you when it don't come easy

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