[Verse 1]
Please don't make my wedding dress
I'm too young to marry yet
Can you see my pocket knife?
You can't make me be a wife

[Chorus 1]
How the world just turns and turns
(Turn, turn, turn, turn)
How does anybody learn?
(Learn, learn, learn, learn)

[Verse 2]
Mummy, put your needle down
How did you feel when you were young?
'Cos I feel like I've just been born
Even though I'm getting on
(Getting on, she's getting on)

[Chorus 2]
How the world slips by so fast
(Getting on, she's getting on)
How does anybody last?

[Bridge]
As the world keeps coming
And the bees keep humming
And I'll keep running
(S.O.S, wedding dress
S.O.S, the wedding dress
S.O.S, wedding dress
S.O.S, the wedding dress)
[Verse 3]
Flowers I can do without
I don't want to be tied down
White material will stain
My pocket knife's got a shiny blade
(Shiny blade, shiny blade)

[Chorus 3]
I'm not trying to cause a fuss
(Shiny blade, shiny blade)
I just want to make my own fuck-ups
(Fuck it up, fuck it up)
I'm not trying to break your heart
(Fuck it up, fuck it up)
I'm just trying not to fall apart

[Outro]
(S.O.S, wedding dress
S.O.S, the wedding dress
S.O.S, wedding dress
S.O.S, the wedding dress
Wife, wife, pocket knife
Wife, wife, pocket knife
Wife, wife, pocket knife
Wife, wife, pocket knife)