Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song London's Brilliant Parade, artist - Elvis Costello.
Date of issue: 10.06.2012
Song language: English
London's Brilliant Parade |
Outside my window |
Not long before sleep arrives |
They come with their sirens |
And they sweep away all the boys |
Busy draining the joy from their lives |
They never said their prayers out loud |
And while I’m dreaming |
There’s a passing motor car |
That broadcasts a popular song |
And a girl appears to be saying |
«do you think that I’m going to go far?» |
Just look at me |
I’m having the time of my life |
Or something quite like it |
When I’m walking out and about |
In London’s brilliant parade |
She’s one of those girls that you just can’t place |
You feel guilty desiring such an innocent face |
But of course they knew that when they cast her |
Along with the red routemaster |
And the film takes place in an mgb |
And a perfect re-creation of «the speakeasy» |
Everybody looks happy and twisted |
Though she probably never existed |
For old times' sake |
Don’t let me awake |
I wouldn’t want you to walk across Hungerford bridge |
Especially at twilight |
Looking through the bolts and the girders |
Into the water below |
You’ll never find your answer there |
They sounded the «all-clear» in the occidental bazaar |
They used to call Oxford street |
Now the bankrupt souls in the city |
Are finally tasting defeat |
Don’t look at me |
I’m having the time of my life |
Or something quite like it |
When I’m walking out and about |
In London’s brilliant parade |
When I’m walking out and about |
In London’s brilliant parade |
From the gates of st. |
Mary’s, there were horses in Olympia |
And a trolley bus in fulham broadway |
The lions and the tigers in regents park |
Couldn’t pay their way |
And now they’re not the only ones |
At the Hammersmith Palais |
In Kensington and Camden town |
There’s a part that I used to play; |
The lovely Diorama is really part of the drama, I’d say |
Just look at me |
I’m having the time of my life |
Or something quite like it |
When I’m walking out and about |
In London’s brilliant parade |
Just look at me |
I’m having the time of my life |
Or something quite like it |
When I’m walking out and about |
In London’s brilliant parade |