Before The Parade Passes (from "Hello, Dolly!")

Before The Parade Passes - Original London Cast Recordings

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 for the best of them

I can hold my head up high

I've got a goal again

I've got a drive again

I wanna 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

And sparklers light the sky

I'm gonna raise the roof

I'm gonna carry on

Give me an old trombone

Give me an old baton

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 the roof

I'm gonna 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 carry on

Give me an old trombone

Give me an old baton

Before the parade passes by