Parade Lyrics - Kimya Dawson

white man in white pants was dancing 

inside out and lost his ass 

a little black girl on black rollerblades 

found his butt and picked it up 

and gave it back and said "hey pops, 

c'mon down we're having a parade!" 

everybody in this town 

is turning brown, it's summertime 

c'mon down we're having a parade 

don't answer your phone, let it sing 

and join the orchestra of rings 

that will be our soundtrack for today 

a million people realize there's better things to do 

than wasting their whole lives being accessible to you 

like throwing off their clothes and marching down the avenue 

singing "i'm in new york city, don't i look so pretty? hey!" 

mike bloomberg and jesse jackson 

sit in tompkins square relaxin' 

reach a stalemate start another game 

sarah jessica, tawana, 

and the indian jane fonda 

eating mr. softies in the shade 

a big fat mama in a thong 

and a college girl with nothing on 

share a laugh over a lemonade 

seven foot trannies trading tricks 

with business men on pogo sticks 

'cause everyone's invited, hip hooray! 

a million people realizing that reality 

is much more real outside their door than it is on TV 

a plethora of specimens have taken to the street 

singing "i'm in new york city, don't i look so pretty? hey!" 

it's summertime in new york city 

and the people aren't just plain old pretty 

they're hot as hell, i think i'm gonna faint 

even the junkies and the hari krishnas 

and the guy who spray paints solar systems 

on the backs of plastic paper plates 

it's so hot you could fry an egg 

on the back of the pit-bull humping my leg 

i kinda like it, what more can i say? 

'cept here comes hot dog in her wig 

she's three times a lady, sweating like a pig 

the sun is shining everything's okay 

a million people realize a smile on someone's face 

is even more contagious than west nile or sars or aids 

and what makes people smile more than a big parade 

through the streets of new york city 

where everyone's so pretty 

life used to be so shitty 

but it's summertime, summertime, summertime, wooooooooo!!!!!! 

white man in white pants was dancing 

inside out and lost his ass 

a little black girl on black rollerblades 

found his butt and picked it up 

and gave it back and said "hey pops, 

c'mon down we're having a parade, 

c'mon down we're having a parade, 

c'mon down we're having a parade, 

woohoo! hey!!!"