Speak Now

I am not the kind of girl

Who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion

But you are not the kind of boy

Who should be marrying the wrong girl

I sneak in and see your friends

And her snotty little family all dressed in pastel

And she is yelling at her bridesmaid

Somewhere back inside a room,

Wearing a gown shaped like a pastry

This is surely not what you thought it would be

I lose myself in a daydream, where I stand and say

Don't say yes, run away now,

I'll meet you when you're out of the church, at the back door

Don't wait, or say a single vow,

You need to hear me out,

And they said "Speak Now"

Fond gestures are exchanged,

And the organ starts to play

A song that sounds like a death march

And I am hiding in the curtains

It seems that I was uninvited

By your lovely bride to be

She floats down the aisle like

A pageant queen

But I know you wish it was me,

You wish it was me

(Don't you)

Don't say yes, run away now,

I'll meet you when you're out of the church, at the back door

Don't wait, or say a single vow,

You need to hear me out,

And they said "Speak Now"

Don't say yes, run away now,

I'll meet you when you're out of the church, at the back door

Don't wait, or say a single vow,

Your time is runnin' out,

And they said "Speak Now"

I hear the preacher say

"Speak now or forever hold your peace"

There's a silence, there's my last chance,

I stand up with shaky hands

All eyes on me;

Horrified looks from everyone in the room

But I'm only looking at you

I am not the kind of girl

Who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion

But you are not the kind of boy

Who should be marrying the wrong girl

Don't say yes, run away now,

I'll meet you when you're out of the church, at the back door

Don't wait, or say a single vow,

You need to hear me out,

And they said "Speak Now"

And you'll say "Let's run away now",

I'll meet you when I'm out of my tux, at the back door

Baby, I didn't say my vow,

I'm so glad you were around

When they said "Speak Now"