Night Parade
(Robbie Robertson)
You got lost in the crowd
The waves of people in Chinatown
Can’t get behind this mystery
Do you believe everything ya see?
Just a shadow in the streetlight
Just a shadow on the wall
A silhouette, face in the darkness
I’ve been waiting for the call
We’ll go marching in the night parade
We’ll be marching in the night parade
I combed the streets like cloak and dagger
I put the word out on the waterfront
We were living hard, living fast
Outrunning ghosts from the past
Just a shadow in the moonlight
Just a shadow on the wall
A silhouette, the kiss of death
Did somebody take the fall?
We’ll go marching in the night parade
We’ll be marching in the night parade
Oh Mary, Mary, Mary I’m knocking on your door
Mary, Mary sanctuary can’t see you no more
From out of the past a stranger came and carried you away
I stood on the corner, the scene of the crime and I could hear her say
We’ll be marching in the night parade We’ll be marching, marching in the night parade We’ll go marching, marching in the night parade We’ll go marching, marching in the night parade We’re all living in a street opera
Are we just living in a street opera?
We’ll be marching in the night parade
And well be marching in the night parade Walking the night beat
The rhythm of the street
Moving to the heartbeat of the city
(By the city)
Walking the night beat
The rhythm of the street
Moving to the heartbeat of the city
The City all the way downtown
Moving to the heartbeat of the city
We’ll be marching in the night parade We’ll be marching in the night parade
We gon’ right now come on in the night parade