Before The Parade Passes By - Dan Zanes, Matthew Broderick

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