The Lumineers - Big Parade(2013)

[00:00.42] Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
[00:06.21] All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
[00:11.91] Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
[00:18.14] All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
[00:30.26] Fleet of black, fleet of black limousines
[00:35.92] All tinted machines
[00:39.12] Here comes the cavalcade
[00:45.23] With the armoured cars, armoured cars like birettas
[00:53.31] Flags on antennas
[00:55.57] Designed to keep me safe, keep me safe
[01:01.62] And oh my, my oh hey, hey
[01:04.34] Here he comes, the candidate
[01:07.83] Blue-eyed boy, United States
[01:10.08] Vote for him, the candidate
[01:15.85] Diamonds cut
[01:17.69] Diamonds cut for the carats
[01:21.94] Plaster of Paris
[01:25.39] The floats fill up the street
[01:31.37] And the beauty queens, beauty queens with the white gloves
[01:38.48] All sick from the nightclubs
[01:41.28] They wave with pageantry, pageantry
[01:47.50] Oh, my, my oh hey, hey
[01:49.83] Here it comes, the big parade
[01:53.17] Marching bands and barricades
[01:55.86] Make way, for the big parade
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[02:11.46] Canvas covered, canvas covered in resin
[02:17.81] The violent men who dance the blood ballet
[02:27.14] And the bookies say, bookies say it's the 3rd round
[02:33.82] Oh, when Louie will go down
[02:36.47] If he don't there's hell to pay, and hell to raise
[02:42.62] And oh my, my oh hey, hey
[02:45.25] Here he comes, the welterweight
[02:48.78] Take a dive, for goodness' sake
[02:51.33] Or say goodbye to the welterweight
[02:57.79] Catholic priest, catholic priest in a crisis
[03:03.15] He's torn between romance and Jesus
[03:06.76] Who will win the civil war
[03:11.81] And he says I'm in love, I'm in love with a woman
[03:19.08] Yea this is my confession, I'm leaving I can't a priest any more, any more
[03:28.17] And oh my, my oh hey, hey
[03:31.59] There he goes, the man of faith
[03:34.71] Left the church for a fiancé
[03:36.90] Let him love, the man of faith
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[03:53.02] TV cameras, TV cameras and stagehands
[03:59.19] American bandstand, electric guitars
[04:08.06] And he's singing songs, singing songs for the lonely
[04:14.62] All the girls with the room keys
[04:18.13] They know all his words by heart, by heart (and they all sing)
[04:24.55] Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
[04:30.41] All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
[04:36.41] Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
[04:42.34] All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
[04:48.30] Lovely girl won't you stay, oh, oh oh, oh
[04:57.45] Oh, my, my oh hey, hey
[04:59.62] Here she comes by saving grace
[05:03.57] Burn the car and save the plates
[05:05.92] She's arrived, my saving grace
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