Shangri-Las Lyrics
Give Us Your Blessings

[Sound of thunder.]

[All (sung):]
Run, run, run.
Mary, run, run, run.
Jimmy, run, run, run.
Mary, run, run, run.
Jimmy...

[Mary (spoken):]
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.

[All (sung):]
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 blessings.
Please don't make us run away.
Give us your blessings.
Say you'll be there on our wedding day."

[Sound of church bells.]

They wouldn't have laughed at Mary.
If they could've seen through the door,
That Jimmy was waiting in the car,
While she begged then just once more.

"Give us your blessings.
Please don't make us run away.
Give us your blessings.
Say you'll be there on our wedding day."

Well, as they drove off they were crying.
And nobody knows for sure,
If that is why they didn't see,
The sign that read, "Detour."

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[Mary (spoken):]
The next day they found them, Mary and Jimmy were dead.
[Sound of thunder.]
And as their folks knelt beside them in the rain,
They couldn't help but hear,
The last words Mary had said,

[All (sing):]
"Give us your blessings.
Please don't make us run away.
Give us your blessings.
Say you'll be there on our wedding day."
[Sounds of church bells.]

[Sound of thunder.]
Run, run, run.
Mary, run, run, run.
Jimmy, (far away) run, run, run.
(Far away.)/Mary, run, run, run.
[Fade.]
(Give us your blessings.)/Jimmy, run, run, run.
(Far away.)/Mary, run, run, run.
(Give us your blessings.)/Jimmy, run, run, run.



[GIVE US YOUR BLESSINGS]
[Written by: Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich.]
[Performed by: The Shangri-Las [1] [1a] [2] -1965.]
[Appears on: "Give Us Your Blessings" (B-side: "Heaven Only Knows" 45
RPM)-1965, Shangri-Las '65-1965, Teen Anguish, Vol. 2-1972*, I Can Never Go
Home Anymore-1978, Leader of the Pack-1992, 1999, 2003 & 2004; Remember the
Shangri-Las at Their Best-1990, The Red Bird Story-1991*, Myrmidons of
Melodrama-1994 & 2002, The Shangri-Las Greatest Hits-1996 [3] , The Very Best
of the Shangri-Las-2000, 20th Century Masters: The Shangri-Las Millennium
Collection-2002, The Leaders of the Pack-2005, Golden Legends: The
Shangri-Las-2006, Dead: The Grim Reaper's Greatest Hits-2006*, The
Shangri-Las Remebered-2008, et al. (*Compilation of various artists.)]

[1] Personnel: Identical twins, Mary Anne & Marguerite "Marge" Ganser and
siblings, Mary & Elizabeth "Betty" Weiss [1a] , formed the original act. Mary
Weiss was the main, lead singer, Betty, however, took lead on "Maybe," and
a number of B-sides and album tracks, Marge Ganser took lead on "I'm Blue"
and Mary Ann Ganser took the lead on "Sophisticated Boom Boom."]

[1a] Because Betty was underage, her mother did not allow her to tour until
1966, when she became 18. As a result she often did not appear in photos,
and many fans believed the Shangri-Las were a trio. Few pictures show all 4
of the girls.]

[2] Covered by: Ray Peterson.]

[3] Transcribed from the track on this album.]