Before the parade passes by
I've gotta 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 becoming alive again
Before the parade passes by

Look at the crowd up ahead
Listen and hear that brass harmony growing
Look at the crown 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 sparkles light the sky
I'm gonna raise the roof, I'm gonna carry on
Give me an old trombon, give me an old baton
Before the parade passes by

(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
I've got a goal again, I've got a drive again
I'm gona feel my heart becoming 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 sparkles light the sky
I'm gonna raise the roof, I'm gonna carry on
Give me an old trombon, give me an old baton
Before the parade passes by