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Verse 1
DLufthansa 4-0-5
DIs boarding soon, right on time
DPlease, hurry your ass up and get to gate 29
D Families are boarding first, and all you, lonely losers, come second
D We felt sorry for you from the moment that you checked in
Verse 2
D I check my phone and no: she still haven't read my text
D For some reason, it doesn't help that I constantly check
D Someday I wanna play the part of the one who doesn't wait
D But it's not within the lover's nature, to wait is a lover's fate
Pre-Chorus
Bm A Well, there's love, and there is work, and you Do what you gotta do
D G You get up and wash your face, and you put on your suit
Bm A it's lonely work, but we're all left to our own devices
Em F#mGot a wedding in Leipzig
G AWedding in Leipzig
Chorus
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D Dooo Dooo Dooodoo Doo hey
Verse 3
DToccata and fugue in D-minor is being played from the church
D I think this is the church where Back himself used to work
D The priest greets me, leads me into the sacristy
DAnd together with the organ player we Go over the ceremony
Verse 4
D I ask why he became a priest and he says, "For the love of God."
D Well, the guy is German. I don't know if that's a joke or not
D He asks why I sing at weddings and I say it makes me feel like a midwife
D Like I deliver these people into the next phase of their lives
The priest says
Pre-Chorus
Bm A"Well then, you stand in the middle, but still stand at the side."
D G"You observe and study but you don't really participate in life."
Bm A I pretend I don't hear him as I cut an apple into slices
Em F#mGot a wedding in Leipzig
G AWedding in Leipzig
Chorus
D Dooo Dooo Dooodoo Doo hey
D Dooo Dooo Dooodoo Doo hey
D Dooo Dooo Dooodoo Doo hey
Verse 5
Bm At the dinner afterwards I'm at a table with four other persons
Bm Two sisters who look like Patty and Selma from the Simpsons
DAn elderly man whose lungs sound like a broken whistle
D And a man who's the embodiment of a full-blown incel
D So this is the singles table, these are my people
D Does anyone have cyanide, a razor blade or a pistol?
D One of the sisters lean in and ask if I have a girlfriend
D I say it's complicated but we're gonna get back together again
Pre-Chorus
Bm A Patty says, "Well, regardless. It'll be good inspiration."
D G And I think, "Not really 'cause I've already written that album."
Bm A They all look sympathetic though, they know that it's a nice wish
Em F#m At a wedding in Leipzig
G AWedding in Leipzig
Chorus
D Dooo Dooo Dooodoo Doo hey
D Dooo Dooo Dooodoo Doo hey
D Dooo Dooo Dooodoo Doo hey
Verse 6
D GPatty has been married, Selma has not
F#m Em7But Selma is really the big romantic of the lot
D AShe tells us a story from when she worked as a volunteer
Em GNear a war zone with Médicins Sans Frontières
D GEveryone worked in shifts she says, and shared houses, even beds
F#m Em7When you woke up, you took your sheets and the night shifter would sleep there instead
D ATheir shifts never overlapped and all that she knew
Em DWas that he was Belgian and smelled of chamomile and Camel Blue
D GOne night when she came back, he had forgotten to take his sheets
F#m Em7And she crawled right into them, into his scent so sweet
D AShe left an apple on his pillow, he left a cigarette
Em DBut nothing ever happened, the two of them never met
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Verse 7
D GPatty looks like she's heard this story one too many times
F#m Em7She's just about to say something when the wine glasses chime
D AIt's time for a speech, the father of the bride
Em D G D GSays marriage and family is what gives meaning to life. .
D G"Or " whispers Selma, " it's a fear of dying alone."
F#m Em7A reserved double room under the same tombstone
D A"It's just a feeling " she says, " and I don't mean to disparage
Em DBut is there anything lonelier than a lonely marriage?"
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Verse 8
D GThe bride waves me over, asks if I'm ready to DJ
F#m Em7Gives me a look like she's asking if I'm okay
D AShe says my table mates are weirdos and apologizes
Em7At a wedding in Leipzig
DWedding in Leipzig
Verse 9
Selma makes me company
When I'm playing "Dancing Queen"
Says the song makes her sad, it reminds her of being 17
She used to love to Go out clubbing but she stopped when someone told her
"Everybody knows you're a narc since you're the only one here who's older"
DA scream cuts through the night and a hole forms on the dance floor
DThe elderly man from my table has collapsed and is carried out the door
DThey say it might be his heart while they try to remember what his name is
DThe bride says, "You have to keep on playing. The night can't end like this."
Verse 10
D Young Hearts Run Free? With Every Heartbeat?
DEvery song seems inappropriate. I quickly flip through my MP3s
DIt doesn't matter. The dance floor never really recovers
DAll that's left is old confetti and a couple of sobbing lovers
Pre-Chorus
Bm A I finally end the night with "I Wanna Know What Love Is"
D G And Selma slow-dances on her own in her summer dress
Bm A She looks like she knows the answer to the question the song comprises
Em F#m At a wedding in Leipzig
G AWedding in Leipzig
Chorus
D Dooo Dooo Dooodoo Doo hey
D Dooo Dooo Dooodoo Doo hey
D Dooo Dooo Dooodoo Doo hey
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