Don't tell me not to live, just sit and putter
Life's candy and the sun's a ball of butter
Don't bring around a cloud to rain on my parade
Don't tell me not to fly, I've simply got to
If someone takes a spill it's me and not you
Who told you you're allowed to rain on my parade?
(chorus)
I'll march my band out
I'll beat my drum
And if I'm fanned out
Your turn at bat, sir
At least I didn't fake it
Hat, sir
I guess I didn't make it
But whether I'm the rose of sheer perfection
Or freckle on the nose of life's complexion
The cinder or the shiny apple of its eye
I gotta fly once, I gotta try once
Only can die once, right, sir?
Ooh life is juicy, juicy and you see
I gotta have my bite, sir
Get ready for me love, 'cause I'm a comer
I've simply gotta march, my heart's a drummer
Don't bring around a cloud to rain on my parade
I'm gonna live and live now
Get what I want, I know how
One roll for the whole shebang
One throw that bell will go clang
Eye on the target and wham
One shot, one gun shot and bam!
Hey World, here I am!
(repeat chorus)
Get ready for me love, 'cause I'm a comer
I've simply gotta march, my heart's a drummer
Nobody, no, nobody, is gonna rain on my parade!
Hey, hey, mama, said the way you move
Gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove
Hey, hey, baby, way you shake that thing
Gonna make you burn, gonna make you sting
Hey, hey, baby, when you walk that way
Watch your honey drip, can't keep away
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh, oh, oh
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh, oh, oh
I gotta roll, can't stand still
Got a flamin' heart, can't get my fill
Eyes that shine burning red
Dreams of you all through my head
Ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ahhhhhhhh
Hey, baby, oh, baby, pretty baby
Tell me that you'll do me now
Hey, baby, oh, baby, pretty baby
Woman won't you do me now
Didn't take too long 'fore I found out
What people mean my down and out
Spent my money, took my car
Started tellin' her friends she gonna be a star
I don't know but I been told
A big legged woman ain't got no soul
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh, oh, oh
Oh yeah, oh yeah, ah, ah, ah yeah
All I ask for, all I pray,
Steady rollin' woman gonna come my way
Need a woman gonna hold my hand
And tell me no lies, make me a happy man
Ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ahhhhhhhh