Big Parade

[Intro] Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see E A E A E B E Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me E A E A E B E All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see

[Verse] E B Fleet of black, fleet of black limousines A E These tinted machines, here comes the cavalcade B With the armored cars, armored cars like berettas A E B Flags on antennaes designed to keep me safe, keep me safe

[Chorus] E B E And oh my my oh hey hey A E B E Here he comes, the candidate E B E Blue eyed boy, united states A E B E Vote for him, the candidate

[Verse] E B Diamonds cut, diamonds cut for the carrots A E Plaster of paris, the floats fill up the street B And the beauty queens, beauty queens with the white gloves A E B All sick from the night clubs, they wave with pageantry, pageantry

[Chorus] E B E Oh my my oh hey hey A E B E Here it comes, the big parade E B E Marching bands and barricades A E B E Make way, for the big parade

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[Verse] E B Canvas covered, canvas covered in resin A E The violent men who dance the blood ballet B And the bookies say, bookies say it's the 3rd round A E B Oh when louie will go down, if he don't there's hell to pay, and hell to raise

[Chorus] E B E And oh my my oh hey hey A E B E Here he comes, the welterweight E B E Take a dive, for goodness sake A E B E Or say goodbye to the welterweight

[Verse] E B Catholic priest, catholic priest in a crisis A E He's torn between romance and jesus, who will win the civil war B And he says I'm in love, I'm in love with a woman A E B Yea this is my confession, I'm leaving I can't a priest anymore, anymore

[Chorus] E B E And oh my my oh hey hey A E B E There he goes, the man of faith E B E Left the church for a fiance A E B E Let him love, the man of faith

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[Verse] E B T.v. cameras, t.v. cameras and stage hands A E American bandstand, electric guitars B And he's singin songs, singin songs for the lonely A E B All the girls with the room keys, they know all his words by heart, by heart and they all sing

[Interlude] E A E A E B E Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me E A E A E B E All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see E A E A E B E Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me E A E A E B E All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see E A E E B A Lovely girl won't you stay, oh oh ohoh

[Chorus] E B E Oh my my oh hey hey A E B E Here she comes by saving grace E B E Burn the car and save the plates A E B E She's arrived, my saving grace