The soft parade

Tell all the people that you see

Follow me

Follow me down

Tell all the people that you see

Set them free

Follow me down



You tell them they don't have to run

We're gonna pick up everyone

Come out and take me by my hand

Gonna bury all our troubles in the sand, oh yeah



Can't you see the wonder at your feet

Your life's complete

Follow me down

Can't you see me growing, get your guns

The time has come

To follow me down



Follow me across the sea

Where milky babies seem to be

Molded, flowing revelry

With the one that set them free



Tell all the people that you see

It's just me

Follow me down



Tell all the people that you see

Follow me

Follow me down

Tell all the people that you see

We'll be free

Follow me down



Tell all the people that you see

It's just me

Follow me down

Tell all the people that you see

Follow me

Follow me down



Follow me down You got to follow me down

Follow me down

Tell all the people that you see

We'll be free

Follow me down

Tell all the people you see

Follow me

You got to follow me down

Yeah! Come on, come on, come on, come on

Now touch me, baby

Can't you see that I am not afraid?

What was that promise that you made?

Why won't you tell me what she said?

What was that promise that you made?



Now, I'm gonna love you

Till the heavens stop the rain

I'm gonna love you

Till the stars fall from the sky for you and I



Come on, come on, come on, come on

Now touch me, baby

Can't you see that I am not afraid?

What was that promise that you made?

Why won't you tell me what she said?

What was that promise that you made?



I'm gonna love you

Till the heavens stop the rain

I'm gonna love you

Till the stars fall from the sky for you and I I'm gonna love you

Till the heavens stop the rain

I'm gonna love you

Till the stars fall from the sky for you and I

There will never be

Another one like you

There will never be

Another one who can

Do the things you do, oh



Will you give another chance?

Will you try, little try?

Please stop and you remember

We were together, anyway, all right



And if you have a certain evenin'

You could lend to me

I'd give it all right back to you

A how it has to be with you

I know your moves and your mind

And your mind

And your mind

And your mind

And your mind

And your mind

And your mind



Will you stop and think and wonder?

Just what you'll see

Out on the train yard

Nursin' penitentiary

It's gone, I cry out long



Go head, brother



Did you stop it to consider?

How it will feel

Cold, grinded grizzly bear jaws

Hot on your heels



Do you often stop and whisper?

It's Saturday's shore

The whole world's a savior

Who could ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever

Ask for more?



Do you remember?

Will you stop?

Will you stop?

The pain



And there will never be

Another one like you

There will never be

Another one who can

Do the things you do, oh



Will you give another chance?

Will you try, little try?

Please stop and you remember

We were together, anyway, all right



How you must of think and wondered

How I must feel

Out on the meadows

While you run the field

I'm alone for you

And I cry



The sweat, look at it

Optical promise

Heh, heh, heh

You'll be dead and in hell

Before I'm born

Sure thing

Brides maid

The only solution

Isn't it amazing?

Yuppa tuppa ta ta

Yuppa tuppa chic ta

Do thang, do thang

Do tuppa thang cho

Rikki te tatar

Te teen tar

De dow dow

Ha, ha, ha, ha

Ha, ha, ha, ha



Yeah

Yeah please me, yeah

Easy, babe

Please me



Please, please listen to me children

Please, please listen to me children

Please, please listen to me children

Said please, please listen to me children

You are the ones who will rule the world



Listen to me children

Listen to me children

Please, please listen to me children

Please, please listen to me children

You are the ones who will rule the world, ha



You gotta please me

All night

Please, please listen to me children

Said please, please listen to me children

Please, yeah, please me

I'm askin' you



Please, please listen to me children

Please, please listen to me children

Please, please listen to me children

Please, my children

Please, children

Please, children

And I know

It will be

An easy ride, all right

And I know

It will be

Easy ride, ok



The mask that you wore

My fingers would explore

Costume of control

Excitement soon unfolds



And I know

It will be

Easy ride, yeah

Joy, for vaguely

Which' your pride

Which' your pride, yeah



Black polished stone

Black polished stone

I see your eyes

Like burnin' glass

Like burnin' glass

Hear you smile, smile, babe



The mask that you wore

My fingers would explore

Costume of control

Excitement soon unfolds, hey



Easy, baby



Call the queen, now

Be my bride

Ragin' darkness

By my side

Seize the summer

In your pride

Take the winter

In your stride



Let's ride, yeah

Easy, easy, easy

Easy, easy, ease, easy

Yeah, yeah, ride

Dum, dum, dum, dum

Dum, dum, dum

Ride

All right



Wild child full of grace

Savior of the human race

Your cool face



Natural child, terrible child

Not your mother's or your father's child

Your our child, screamin' wild



An ancient rulage of grains

And the trees of the night

Ha, ha, ha, ha



With hunger at her heels

Freedom in her eyes

She dances on her knees

Pirate prince at her side

Stirrin' into a hollow idols eyes



Wild child full of grace

Savior of the human race

Your cool face

Your cool face

Your cool face



Do you remember when we were in Africa?

Poor Otis dead and gone

Left me here to sing his song

Pretty little girl with the red dress on

Poor Otis dead and gone



Yeah, back down, turn around slowly

Try it again, remembering when

It was easy, try it again

Much to easy, rememberin' when



All right, look at my shoes

Not quite the walkin' blues

Don't fight, too much to lose

Can't fight the runnin' blues Well, I've got the runnin' blues

Runnin' away, back to L.A.

Got to find the dock of the bay

Maybe find it back in L.A.



Runnin' scared

Runnin' blue

Goin' so fast

What'll I do



Well, I've got the runnin' blues

Runnin' away, back to L.A.

Got to find the dock of the bay

Maybe find it back in L.A.



All right, look at my shoes

Not quite the walkin' blues

Don't fight, too much to lose

Can't fight the runnin' blues



All right, look at my shoes

Not quite the walkin' blues

Don't fight, too much to lose

Can't fight the runnin' blues

Wishful crystal

Water covers everything in blue

Coolin' water



Wishful sinful

Our love is beautiful to see

I know where I would like to be

Right back where I came



Wishful, sinful, wicked blue

Water covers you

Wishful, sinful, wicked you

Can't escape the blue



Magic risin'

Sun is shinin' deep beneath the sea

But not enough for you and me and sunshine

Love to hear the wind cry



Wishful sinful

Our love is beautiful to see

I know where I would like to be

Right back where I came



Wishful, sinful, wicked blue

Water covers you

Wishful, sinful, wicked you

Can't escape the blue



Love to hear the wind cry

Love to hear you cry, yeah, yeah

When I was back there in seminary school

There was a person there

Who put forth the proposition

That you can petition the Lord with prayer

Petition the lord with prayer

Petition the lord with prayer

You cannot petition the lord with prayer!



Can you give me sanctuary

I must find a place to hide

A place for me to hide



Can you find me soft asylum

I can't make it anymore

The Man is at the door



Peppermint, miniskirts, chocolate candy

Champion sax and a girl named Sandy

There's only four ways to get unraveled

One is to sleep and the other is travel, da da

One is a bandit up in the hills

One is to love your neighbor 'till

His wife gets home



Catacombs

Nursery bones

Winter women

Growing stones

Carrying babies

To the river



Streets and shoes

Avenues

Leather riders

Selling news

The monk bought lunch



Ha ha, he bought a little

Yes, he did

Woo!

This is the best part of the trip

This is the trip, the best part

I really like

What'd he say?

Yeah!

Yeah, right!

Pretty good, huh

Huh!

Yeah, I'm proud to be a part of this number



Successful hills are here to stay

Everything must be this way

Gentle streets where people play

Welcome to the Soft Parade



All our lives we sweat and save

Building for a shallow grave

Must be something else we say

Somehow to defend this place

Everything must be this way

Everything must be this way, yeah



The Soft Parade has now begun

Listen to the engines hum

People out to have some fun

A cobra on my left

Leopard on my right, yeah



The deer woman in a silk dress

Girls with beads around their necks

Kiss the hunter of the green vest

Who has wrestled before

With lions in the night



Out of sight!

The lights are getting brighter

The radio is moaning

Calling to the dogs

There are still a few animals

Left out in the yard

But it's getting harder

To describe sailors

To the underfed



Tropic corridor

Tropic treasure

What got us this far

To this mild equator?



We need someone or something new

Something else to get us through, yeah, c'mon



Callin' on the dogs

Callin' on the dogs

Oh, it's gettin' harder

Callin' on the dogs

Callin' in the dogs

Callin' all the dogs

Callin' on the gods



You gotta meet me

Too late, baby

Slay a few animals

At the crossroads

Too late

All in the yard

But it's gettin' harder

By the crossroads

You gotta meet me

Oh, we're goin', we're goin great

At the edge of town

Tropic corridor

Tropic treasure

Havin' a good time

Got to come along

What got us this far

To this mild equator?

Outskirts of the city

You and I

We need someone new

Somethin' new

Somethin' else to get us through

Better bring your gun

Better bring your gun

Tropic corridor

Tropic treasure

We're gonna ride and have some fun



When all else fails

We can whip the horse's eyes

And make them sleep

And cry