Big Parade

[Chorus 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

[Verse 1]

Fleet of black, fleet of black limousines

All 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 2]

And oh my my, oh hey hey

Here he comes, the candidate

Blue eyed boy, United States

Vote for him, the candidate

[Verse 2]

Diamonds cut, diamonds cut for the carats

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

[Chorus 3]

And oh my my, oh hey hey

Here it comes, the big parade

Marching bands and barricades

Make way, for the big parade

[Bridge]

Oh-oh

[Verse 3]

Canvas covered, canvas covered in resin

The violent men who dance the blood ballet

And the bookies say, bookies say it's the third round

Oh, when Louie will go down

If he don't, there's hell to pay and hell to raise

[Chorus 4]

And oh my my, oh hey hey

Here he comes, the welterweight

Take a dive, for goodness sake

Or say goodbye to the welterweight

[Verse 4]

Catholic priest, Catholic priest in a crisis

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

Yeah, this is my confession

I'm leaving, I can't be a priest anymore, anymore"

[Chorus 5]

And oh my, oh hey hey

There he goes, the man of faith

Left the church for a fiancee

Let him love, the man of faith

[Bridge]

Oh-oh

[Verse 5]

TV cameras, TV 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

[Chorus 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

Lovely girl, won't you stay

[Chorus 6]

Oh my my, oh hey hey

Here she comes, by saving grace

Burn the car and save the plates

She's arrived, my saving grace