Cold Parade

	  		 
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I'm a man of alleyways and misty parks at night 
        D 
Call me Simms 
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You might've seen me strolling Central Park 
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Or lurking south of the Thames 
Bm                                         F#m 
I'm terribly familiar in a quite forgetful way 
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A face you swear you've seen before 
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But where you cannot say 
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Don't bother it's alright 
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Come and join me in tonight's cold parade 
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Though I'm a harmless fellow 
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I've been known to scare the hell out of a dame 
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On an empty sidestreet 
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Where the wind and she and I meet for a game 
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She sees me and assumes i'm up to no good and it's true 
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But the only no good I'm up to is not knowing what to do 
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With this thing called my life 
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So I'm sentenced to the night's cold parade 
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Well 'what sort of parade?' you ask 
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Well don't expect a float or a band 
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A broken majorette may bum a cigarette and offer 
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You her hand 
Bm                                F#m 
Yeah it's not exactly pretty this collection of the lost 
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You've heard about the nitty gritty 
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Well here's how much it cost 
D 
It's gonna be bumpy alright 
         C          G              D 
Come and join me in tonight's cold parade 
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Now i've got an odd relationship to life 
            G          D 
And on that life and I agree 
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I'm a charming party guest 
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But i also get bored so easily 
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Now if i had me a dirty little vocation 
    G            D  
I'd feel more at home 
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See i only walk these streets because 
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My thoughts and I cannot be left alone 
Bm                             
See the crossword puzzles and playoff games  
    F#m 
and porno sites galore 
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Cannot contain or ease the pain 
     G            C 
They don;'t work anymore 
Bm 
See by day i am a pillar 
       F#m 
But by night i tend to sway 
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What happens after work 
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Well it's too gruesome Lord to say 
Bm         
See by day i am a pillar 
       F#m 
But by night i tend to roar 
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but nothing compares to the music of your knock upon my door 
D 
It's lonely here inside 
         C          G              D 
Come and join me in tonight's cold parade 
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It's lonely here inside 
          C         G              D 
Come and join me in tonight's cold parade