Parade

Chords Used: [A] [D] [Em]

W[A]hite man in white pants was dancing
i[D]nside out and lost his ass
a[Em] little black girl on black roller[A]blades
f[A]ound his butt and picked it up
a[D]nd gave it back and said "hey pops,
c[Em]'mon down we're having a par[A]ade!"

[A]everybody in this town
[D]is turning brown, it's summertime
[Em]c'mon down we're having a pa[A]rade
[A]don't answer your phone, let it sing
[D]and join the orchestra of rings
[Em]that will be our soundtrack for t[A]oday

[D]a million people realize there's [A]better things to do
[D]than wasting their whole lives being [A]accessible to you
[D]like throwing off their clothes and marching [A]down the avenue
singing [Em]"I'm in New York City, don't I look so pretty?" Hey!

[A]mike bloomberg and jesse jackson
[D]sit in tompkins square relaxin'

[Em]reach a stalemate start another [A]game
[A]sarah jessica, tawana,
[D]and the indian jane fonda
[Em]eating mr. softies in the s[A]hade

[A]a big fat mama in a thong
[D]and a college girl with nothing on
[Em]share a laugh over a l[A]emonade
[D]seven foot trannies trading tricks
[A]with business men on pogo sticks
[Em]'cause everyone's invited, [A]hip hooray!

[D]a million people realizing that [A]reality
[D]is much more real outside their door than it[A] is on TV
[D]a plethora of specimens have ta[A]ken to the street
singing "[Em]i'm in new york city, don't i look so pretty? hey!"

[A]it's summertime in new york city
[D]and the people aren't just plain old pretty
[Em]they're hot as hell, i think i'm go[A]nna faint
[A]even the junkies and the hari krishnas
[D]and the guy who spray paints solar systems
[Em]on the backs of plastic [A]paper plates

[A]it's so hot you could fry an egg
[D]on the back of the pit-bull humping my leg
[Em]i kinda like it, what more can i[A] say?
[A]'cept here comes hot dog in her wig
[D]she's three times a lady, sweating like a pig
[Em]the sun is shining everything's[A] okay

[D]a million people realize a [A]smile on someone's face
[D]is even more contagious than we[A]st nile or sars or aids
[D]and what makes people smile more [A]than a big parade
[Em]through the streets of new york city
[Em]where everyone's so pretty
[Em]life used to be so shitty
[Em]but it's summertime, summertime, summertime
[Em]Woohoo!