Michael Crawford — Before the Parade Passes By

Before the parade passes by I've gotta go and taste Saturday's high life Before the parade passes by I'm gonna get some life back into my life I'm ready to move out in front I've had enough of just passing 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'm gonna feel my heart becoming alive again Before the parade passes by Look at the crowd up ahead Listen and hear that brass harmony growing Look at the crown up ahead Pardon me if my old spirit is showing All of those lights over there Seem to be telling me where I'm going When the whistles blow and the cymbals crash And the sparkles light the sky I'm gonna raise the roof, I'm gonna carry on Give me an old trombon, give me an old baton Before the parade passes by (I'm ready to move out in front I've had enough of just passing by life With the rest of them, with the best of them I can hold my head up high I've got a goal again, I've got a drive again I'm gona feel my heart becoming alive again Before the parade passes by) Before the parade passes by Listen and hear that brass harmony growing Before the parade passes by I'm gonna get some life back into my life I'm ready to move out in front I've had enough of just passing by life When the whistles blow and the cymbals crash And the sparkles light the sky I'm gonna raise the roof, I'm gonna carry on Give me an old trombon, give me an old baton Before the parade passes by