Your Wonderful Parade

Lyrics：John Bettis Music：Richard Carpenter

Your Wonderful Parade,

moving thru the towns that rise and then they fade,

Over streets that pass the houses where you've stayed,

Your Wonderful Parade.

Your daily masquerade,

paper masks that hide the faces you have made,

Crumbled down upon foundations you have laid,

Your daily masquerade.

Stand in line try to climb

meet your wife at cocktail time

you're sure to lose

so try and choose

a better way to fall.

Your marvelous charade,

Never could be worth

the prices that you've paid

Blindness is a part of

ev'ry game you've played,

Your Marvelous Parade.