Big Parade (Live from Manci's Antique Club, 2024)

Lovely girl, won't you stay
Won't you stay, stay with me
All my life I was blind
I was blind, now I see
Lovely girl, won't you stay
Won't you stay, stay with me
All my life I was blind
I was blind, now I see
Alright, the first words are "fleet of black"
I promise it'll make sense, here we go
Fleet of black, fleet of black
Fleet of black limousines
All these tinted machines
Here comes the cavalcade
Alright, armored cars, here we go
And the armored cars, armored cars
Armored cars like Barettas
All flags on antennas
Designed to keep me safe, keep me safe
And we all clap
Oh my my, oh hey hey
Here he comes, the candidate
Blue-eyed boy, United States
Vote for him, the candidate
Alright "diamonds cut" here we go
Diamonds cut, diamonds cut
Diamonds cut for the karats
Oh, Plaster of Paris
The floats fill up the street
Alright "beauty queens" here we go
And the beauty queens, beauty queens
Beauty queens with the white gloves
All sick from the Daphne nightclubs
They wave with pageantry, pageantry
But it goes like
Oh my my, oh hey hey
Here it comes, the big parade
Marching bands and barricades
Make the way for the big parade
And oh oh oh
Alright, Preston, give me somethin'
Ho
Alright, it's "canvas covered"
Canvas covered, canvas coverd
Canvas covered in resin
All the violent men
Who dance the blood ballet
Alright it's "bookies say"
And the bookies say, bookies say
Bookies say it's the third round
Oh, when Louie will go down
If he don't there's hell to pay, hell to raise
And it goes like
Oh my my, oh hey hey
Here he comes, the welterweight
Take a dive, for goodness sake
Or say goodbye to the welterweight
Shh
Alright, the words are "Catholic priest"
Be really loud
Catholic priest, Catholic priest
Catholic priest in a crisis
Torn between romance and Jesus
Who will win the civil war
Alright, it's "I'm in love"
And he says I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love with a woman
Oh, this is my confession, I'm leavin'
I can't be a priest anymore, anymore
And it goes like
Oh my my, oh hey hey
There he goes, the man of faith
He left the church for a fiancé
Just let him love, that man of faith
And oh, oh, oh
Woo
Alright, we're going to speed it up
It's "TV cameras" here we go
TV cameras, TV cameras
TV cameras and stage hands
Oh, American band stands
With electric fiddles
Alright "singin' songs"
And we're singin' songs, singin' songs
I'm singin' songs for the lonely
All the girls with the room keys
They know all his words by heart
By heart, and they all sing
Lovely girl, won't you stay
Won't you stay, stay with me
All my life I was blind
I was blind, now I see
Lovely girl, won't you stay
Won't you stay, stay with me
All my life I was blind
I was blind, now I see
Lovely girl, won't you stay
Oh, oh, and oh
Oh my my, oh hey hey
Here she comes, my saving grace
Burn the car and save those plates
She's arrived, my saving grace
We're Stormfolk, we'll be right back
Woo
Again, again
Again, again
You did kill that
You ate and left no crumbs