20 Sep 1978 sound-check version
Well I received the invitation that you sent me
You wanted me to watch you change your name
Darling I couldn't stand to see you with another
But dear I hope you're happy just the same
Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
They should be ringing out for you and me
Well down the aisle you will soon be walking
Those wedding bell will never ring for me
Well I bought a little cottage down in the valley
I even bought a little band of gold
I planned someday you'd out it on your finger
But now the future just looks dark and cold
Well wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
They should be ringing out for you and me
Down the aisle you will soon be walking
Those wedding bells will never ring for me
Roy!
The wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
They should have been ringing out for you and me
Well down the aisle you will soon be walking
Those wedding bells will never ring for me
Those wedding bells will never ring for me
Those wedding bells will never ring for me
Those wedding bells will never ring for me
WEDDING BELLS is a 1949 song by Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys. See the original Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys version for more details.
The above lyrics are for the 20 Sep 1978 sound-check performance of WEDDING BELLS at Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, during the Darkness On The Edge Of Town Tour.
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band performed a series of three sold-out concerts at Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ, during the Darkness On The Edge Of Town Tour, on 19, 20, and 21 Sep 1978. Audio for a sound-check recorded prior to one of these shows is circulating among collectors. The audio comprises of an audience tape recorded outside the venue and a soundboard tape from partial in-line video. It is unknown from which night or nights this audio emanates, but it believed to be from the second night, 20 Sep 1978.
WEDDING BELLS was sound-checked prior to the 12 Dec 1975 show in Greenvale, NY, (as far as it's known) but it was not performed on any of the Born To Run Tour's regular shows.
WEDDING BELLS was sound-checked prior to the 20 Sep 1978 show in Passaic, NJ, (as far as it's known) but it was not performed on any of the Darkness On The Edge Of Town Tour's regular shows.
List of available versions of WEDDING BELLS on this website:
WEDDING BELLS [20 Sep 1978 sound-check version]