American Wedding (BBC sessions) Songtext
von Gogol Bordello

Have you ever been to American wedding?
Where is the Vodka, where′s marinated herring?
Where is the musicians that got the taste?
Where is the supply that's gonna last three days?
Where is the band that′s like Fanfare?
Gonna keep it goin' 24 hours

Say! Tar, taran-taran-tata
Tar, taran-tata taran-taran-tata
Taran-taran-taran-tata, (super tar) taran-taran-tata
Super, taran-taran-taran-tata, taran-taran-tata

Instead, it's one in the mornin′
And DJ is patchin′ up the cords
Everybody's full of cake
Staring at the floor
Proper couples start to mumble
That it′s time to go
People gotta get up early
Yep, they gotta go


Tar, taran-taran-tata
Tar, taran-tata (super tar) taran-taran-tata
Taran-taran-taran-tata, taran-taran-tata
Taran-taran-taran-tata, taran-taran-tata

People gotta get up early
And she's gotta boyfriend
And this whole kinda thing
Is full of disappointment

Nothing gets these people going
Not even Gypsy Kings
Nobody wants to talk about my super theory
Of super everythings, yeah

So be you Donald Trump
Or be an anarchist
Make sure that your wedding
Doesn′t end up like this

I understand the cultures
Of a different kind
But here word 'celebration′
Just doesn't come to mind


Tar, taran-taran-tata
Tar, taran-tata (super tar) taran-taran-tata
Taran-taran-taran-tata, taran-taran-tata
Taran-taran-taran-tata, taran-taran-tata

Have you ever been to American wedding?
Where is the Vodka, where's marinated herring?
Where is the musicians that got the taste?
Where is the supply that′s gonna last three days?
Where is the band that′s like fanfare?
Gonna keep it goin' 24 hours

Party!
Tar, taran-taran-tata
Tar, taran-tata tar, taran-taran-tata
Tar, taran-tata (super tar) taran-taran-tata
Tar, taran-tata (super tar) taran-taran-tata
Taran-taran-taran-tata, taran-taran-tata
Taran-taran-taran-tata, taran-taran-tata