Before the Parade Passes By

Before the parade passes by I'm gonna get in step while there's still time left Before the parade passes by Mrs. Levi, come along! Cornelius is taking us down to see the Fourteenth Street parade Everybody will be marching Why, Irene, you're crying Oh, Dolly, the world is full of wonderful things Come with us, Dolly I will, Irene, I will! Before the parade passes by I'm gonna go and taste Saturday's high life Before the parade passes by I'm going to 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 to go again I've got to drive again I've got to feel my heart coming alive again Before the parade passes by Look at the crowd up ahead Listen and hear that brass harmony growing Look at the crowd up ahead Pardon me if my old spirit is showing All of those lights over there Seems to be telling me where I'm going When the whistles blow And the cymbals crash And the sparklers light the sky I'm going to raise the roof I'm going to carry on Give me an old trombone Give me an old baton Before the parade passes by Before the parade passes by Listen and hear that brass harmony growing When the parade passes by Pardon me if my old spirit is showing All of those lights over there Seems to be telling me where I'm going When the whistles blow And the cymbals crash And the sparklers light the sky I'm going to raise the roof I'm going to carry on Give me an old trombone Give me an old baton Before the parade passes by I'm going to raise the roof I'm going to carry on Give me an old trombone Give me an old baton Before the parade passes by