Before the Parade Passes By (From "Hello, Dolly")

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 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 the 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 whistles blow and the cymbals crash

And the sparklers light the sky

I'm gonna raise the roof, I'm gonna carry on

Gimme an old trombone, gimme an old baton

Before the parade passes by

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

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

Before the parade passes by

Listen and hear that brass harmony growing

Before the parade passes by

I'm gonna get some life back into my life

I'm ready to move out in front

I've had enough of just passing by life

When the whistles blow and the cymbals crash

And the sparklers light the sky

I'm gonna raise the roof (Raise the

Roof), I'm gonna carry on (Carry on)

Gimme an old trombone, gimme an old baton

Before the parade passes by