London's Brilliant Parade Lyrics - Elvis Costello

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 

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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 Route master 

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 

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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