No Rice

(It's Gotta Just Happen)

words and music by Tom Lehrer
not too fast
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1. No rice, no flow ers, Friends I can't a bide 'll Give
fake good wish es, No in laws dis patch ing Hun

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me no bri dal Show ers. No in vi ta tions To our re la tions, I

dreds of match ing Dish es. No e lec tric toast ers, No sil ver coast ers, In

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wan na catch 'em nap pin'-- Oh no-- It's got ta just hap pen. 2. No
el-e gant fan cy wrap pin'-- Oh no-- It's got ta just

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hap pen. And when the time is right-- (If ev er), We'll turn to each

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oth er some night-- (May be nev er). No scenes dra mat ic, No op e rat ic Du

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ets, Just "Hey, Whad da ya say, [spoken:] Let's!" So

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as I've of ten sta ted, If I'm gon na wed, it Won't be pre med it
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a ted. I'm not so sure it's go ing to hap pen, I'm not so sure I want

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it to hap pen, But if it hap pens It's got ta just

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hap pen, It's got ta just hap pen. That's

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how it's got ta hap pen to

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me.