before the parade pa**es by
Dolly
Before the parade pa**es by
Before it goes on, and only i'm left
Before the parade pa**es by
I've gotta get in step while there's still time left
I'm ready to move out in front
Life without life has no reason or rhyme left
With the rest of them
With the best of them
I wanna hold my head up high
I need a goal again
I need a drive again
I wanna feel my heart coming alive again
Before the parade pa**es by...
Before the parade pa**es by
I've gotta go and taste saturday's high life
Before the parade pa**es by
I've gotta get some life back into my life
I'm ready to move out in front
I've had enough of just pa**ing by life
With the rest of them
With the best of them
I can hold my head up high
For i've got a goal again
I've got a drive again
I wanna feel my heart coming alive again
Before the parade pa**es by
[interlude]
All:
When the parade pa**es by
Listen and hear that bra** harmony growing
When the parade pa**es by
Pardon me if my old spirit is showing
All of those lights over there
Seem to be telling me where i'm going
Dolly:
When the whistles blow
And the cymbals crash
And the sparklers light the sky
I'm gonna raise the roof
I'm gonna carry on
Give me an old trombone
Give me an old baton
Before the parade pa**es by!