Before the parade pa**es by I'm gonna go and taste Saturday's high life
Before the parade pa**es by I'm gonna get some life back in 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, the best of them I'll hold my head up high
I've got a goal again, I've got a drive again
Feel my heart coming alive again before the parade pa**es by
Look at that crowd up ahead, listen and hear that gra** harmony growing
Look at that crowd up ahead, pardon me if my old spirit is showing
All those lights over there seem to be telling me where I'm going
And the whistle blows and the cymbals crash, sparklers light the sky
I'm gonna raise the roof, I'm gonna carry on
Give me an old trombone, an old baton before the parade pa**es by
With the rest of them, the best of them I can hold my head up high
I've got a goal again, I've got a drive again
Feel my heart coming alive again before the parade pa**es by
Before the parade pa**es by