Hello, Dolly! - Before The Parade Passes By lyrics

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Before the parade passes by<br />

Before it goes on, and only I'm left<br />

Before the parade passes by<br />

I've gotta get in step while there's still time left<br />

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I'm ready to move out in front<br />

Life without life has no reason or rhyme left<br />

With the rest of them, with the best of them<br />

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I wanna hold my head up high<br />

I need a goal again, I need a drive again<br />

I wanna feel my heart coming alive again<br />

Before the parade passes by<br />

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Before the parade passes by<br />

I've gotta go and taste Saturday's high life<br />

Before the parade passes by<br />

I've gotta get some life back into my life<br />

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I'm ready to move out in front<br />

I've had enough of just passing by life<br />

With the rest of them, with the best of them<br />

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I can hold my head up high<br />

For I've got a goal again, I've got a drive again<br />

I wanna feel my heart coming alive again<br />

Before the parade passes by<br />

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When the parade passes by<br />

Listen and hear that brass harmony growing<br />

When the parade passes by<br />

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Pardon me if my old spirit is showing<br />

All of those lights over there<br />

Seem to be telling me where I'm going<br />

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When the whistles blow<br />

And the cymbals crash<br />

And the sparklers light the sky<br />

I'm gonna raise the roof<br />

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I'm gonna carry on<br />

Give me an old trombone<br />

Give me an old baton<br />

Before the parade passes by