Big Parade

1. 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
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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interlude
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
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
Lovely girl won't you stay, oh oh ohoh.