Chris Flew - Cory's Carnival lyrics

Officer Friendly kicks off his shift at 9am Picks up the kids from school and then goes back to bed His wife would have left him if only she'd known him yesterday What would the neighbours think? She was his birthday girl He knows which way the story goes He knows how the wind blows Old Mrs Carver misses her daughter Julia Waits for the phone to ring beside the stair Nobody told her Nobody tells her anything She is waiting on parades that never come Always waiting on parades that just won't come She knows which way the story goes She knows how the wind blows And I know it isn't right But something's up at night in the suburbs Standing in a line Wait until we die and then it's over