before the parade passes by i ve gotta go and taste saturday s high life before the parade passes by i m gotta get some life back into my life i m ready to move out in front i ve had enough of just passing by life with the rest of them with the best of them i can hold my head up high for i ve got a goal again i ve got a drive again i m gonna feel my heart coming alive again before the parade passes by look at that crowd up ahead listen and hear that brass harmony growing look at that crowd up ahead pardon me if my old spirit is showing all of those lights over there seem to be telling me where i m going when the whistle blows and the cymbals crash and the sparklers light the sky i m gonna raise the roof i m gonna to carry on give me an old trombone give me an old baton before the parade passes by before the parade passes by listen and hear that brass harmony growing when the parade passes by pardon me if my old spirit is showing all of those lights over there seem to be telling me where i m going when the whistle blows and the symbols crash and the sparklers light the sky i m gonna raise the roof i m gonna to carry on give me an old trombone give me an old baton before the parade passes by i m gonna raise the roof i m gonna to carry on give me an old trombone give me an old baton before the parade passes by 