Before the Parade Passes By

For I've got a goal again, I've got a drive again
Give me an old trombone
Before the parade passes by

Pardon me if my old spirit is showing
Before the parade passes by
I can hold my head up high

I've gotta get in step while there's still time left
Seem to be telling me where I'm going
When the whistles blow

Before the parade passes by

I'm ready to move out in front

And the cymbals crash
I wanna feel my heart coming alive again
Listen and hear that brass harmony growing
I've gotta get some life back into my life
All of those lights over there

When the parade passes by
With the rest of them, with the best of them
I've had enough of just passing by life
I wanna hold my head up high
I'm ready to move out in front

With the rest of them, with the best of them
Before the parade passes by
Before the parade passes by
I'm gonna carry on
I'm gonna raise the roof
Life without life has no reason or rhyme left
I've gotta go and taste Saturday's high life
And the sparklers light the sky
Give me an old baton
When the parade passes by
I wanna feel my heart coming alive again
I need a goal again, I need a drive again