Lyr Req: Before the Parade Passes By

15 May 00 - 11:56 PM (#228559)
Subject: Before the Parade Passes By
From: GUEST,[e-mail]

Can anyone please provide a source for the lyrics to the song "Before the Parade Passes By" by Jerry Herman in the musical "Hello Dolly". Thanks so much!

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16 May 00 - 12:28 AM (#228568)
Subject: Lyr Add: BEFORE THE PARADE PASSES BY
From: Sorcha

Here ya go:

BEFORE THE PARADE PASSES BY from Hello Dolly

Before the parade passes by
Before it all moves on and only I'm left
Before the parade passes by
I've got to get in step while there's still time left
I'm ready to move out in front
Life without life has no reason or rhyme left
With the rest of them
With the best of them
I want to hold my head up high
I need a goal again
I need a drive again
I want to feel my heart coming alive again
Before the parade passes by

Before the parade passes by
I've got to go and taste Saturday's high life
Before the parade passes by
I've got to 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

When 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 whistles blow and the cymbals crash

And the sparklers light the sky
I'm gonna raise to the roof
I'm gonna carry on
Give me an old trombone
Give me an old baton
Before the parade passes by

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18 May 00 - 08:33 PM (#230221)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Before the Parade Passes By
From: GUEST,[e-mail]

Attention Sorcha:

Thanks so much for locating the lyrics to "Before the Parade Passes By". To everyone at the Mudcat Cafe - you're doing a terrific job! Keep up the great work!

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