Big Parade

Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me

All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
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Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
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All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see

[Verse]
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Fleet of black, fleet of black limousines
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These tinted machines, here comes the cavalcade
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With the armored cars, armored cars like berettas
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Flags on antennaes designed to keep me safe, keep me safe

[Chorus]
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And oh my my oh hey hey
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Here he comes, the candidate
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Blue eyed boy, united states
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Vote for him, the candidate

[Verse]
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Diamonds cut, diamonds cut for the carrots
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Plaster of paris, the floats fill up the street
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And the beauty queens, beauty queens with the white gloves
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All sick from the night clubs, they wave with pageantry, pageantry

[Chorus]
C            G         C
And oh my my oh hey hey
F       C          G       C
Here it comes, the big parade
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Marching bands and barricades
F     C            G        C
Make way, for the big parade

[Bridge]

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[Verse]
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Canvas covered, canvas covered in resin
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The violent men who dance the blood ballet
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And the bookies say, bookies say it's the 3rd round
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Oh when louie will go down, if he don't there's hell to pay, and hell to raise

[Chorus]
C            G         C
And oh my my oh hey hey
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Here he comes, the welterweight
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Take a dive, for goodness sake
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Or say goodbye to the welterweight

[Verse]
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Catholic priest, catholic priest in a crisis
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He's torn between romance and jesus, who will win the civil war
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And he says I'm in love, I'm in love with a woman
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Yea this is my confession, I'm leaving I can't a priest anymore, anymore

[Chorus]
C            G        C
And oh my my oh hey hey
F           C   G            C
There he goes, the man of faith
C                  G       C
Left the church for a fiance
F          C    G            C
Let him love, the man of faith

[Bridge]

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[Verse]
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T.v. cameras, t.v. cameras and stage hands
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American bandstand, electric guitars
                                                G
And he's singin songs, singin songs for the lonely
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All the girls with the room keys, they know all his words by heart, by heart and they all sing

[Interlude]
C
Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
C
All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
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Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
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All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
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Lovely girl won't you stay, oh oh ohoh

[Chorus]
C         G       C
Oh my my oh hey hey
F           C     G          C
Here she comes by saving grace
C              G           C
Burn the car and save the plates
F           C   G           C
She's arrived, my saving grace