Before the parade passes by I'm gonna go and taste Saturday's high life Before the parade passes 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 passing 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 passes by Look at that crowd up ahead, listen and hear that grass 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 passes 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 passes by Before the parade passes by