The Lumineers – Big Parade (Guitar)

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Lovely girl, won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me

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All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see

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Fleet of black, fleet of black limousines

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These tinted machines, here comes the cavalcade

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With the armored cars, armored cars like Berettas

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Flags on antennaes designed to keep me safe, keep me safe

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And oh my my, oh hey hey

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Here he comes, the candidate

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Blue eyed boy, United States

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Vote for him, the candidate

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Diamonds cut, diamonds cut for the carats

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Plaster of paris, the floats fill up the street

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And the beauty queens, beauty queens with the white gloves

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All sick from the nightclubs, they wave with pageantry, pageantry

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And oh my my, oh hey hey

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Here it comes, the big parade

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Marching bands and barricades

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Make way, for the big parade

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Canvas covered, canvas covered in resin

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The violent men who dance the blood ballet

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And the bookies say, bookies say it's the 3rd round

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Oh, when Louie will go down, if he don't there's hell to pay, and hell to raise

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And oh my my, oh hey hey

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Here he comes, the welterweight

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Take a dive, for goodness sake

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Or say goodbye to the welterweight

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Catholic priest, catholic priest in a crisis

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He's torn between romance and Jesus, who will win the civil war

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And he says I'm in love, I'm in love with a woman

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Yeah, this is my confession, I'm leaving, I can't be a priest anymore, anymore

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And oh my my, oh hey hey

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There he goes, the man of faith

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Left the church for a fiancée

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Let him love, the man of faith

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TV cameras, TV cameras and stage hands

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American Bandstand, electric guitars

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And he's singin' songs, singin' songs for the lonely

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All the girls with the room keys, they know all his words by heart, by heart and they all sing

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Lovely girl, won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me

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All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see

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Lovely girl, won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me

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All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see

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Lovely girl, won't you stay, oh oh ohoh

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Oh my my, oh hey hey

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Here she comes by saving grace

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Burn the car and save the plates

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She's arrived, my saving grace