Lovely girl won't you stay
Won't you stay, stay with me
All my life I was blind
I was blind, now I see
Fleet of black
Fleet of black limousines
All tinted machines
Here comes the cavalcade
With the armored cars
Armored cars like berettas
Flags on antennas
Designed to keep me safe, keep me safe
And oh my my, oh hey hey
Here he comes, the candidate
Blue eyed boy, United States
Vote for him, the candidate
Diamonds cut
Diamonds cut for the carats
Plaster of Paris
The floats fill up the street
And the beauty queens
Beauty queens with the white gloves
All sick from the night clubs
They wave with pageantry, pageantry
And oh my my, oh hey hey
Here it comes, the big parade
Marching bands and barricades
Make way, for the big parade, oooh, oh, oh
Canvas covered
Canvas covered in resin
Violent men
Who dance the blood ballet
And the bookies say
Bookies say it's the 3rd round
Oh, when Louie will go down
If he don't there's hell to pay
And hell to raise
And oh my my, oh hey hey
Here he comes, the welterweight
Take a dive, for goodness sake
Or say goodbye to the welterweight
Catholic priest
Catholic priest in a crisis
Torn between romance and Jesus
Who will win the civil war
And he says I'm in love
I'm in love with a woman
Yeah, this is my confession
I'm leaving, I can't be a priest anymore, anymore
And oh my my, oh hey hey
There he goes, the man of faith
Left the church for a fiance
Let him love, the man of faith, oooh, oh oh
T.V. cameras
T.V. cameras and stage hands
American bandstand
Electric guitars
And he's singing songs
Singing songs for the lonely
All the girls with the room keys
They know all his words by heart, by heart
(and they all sing)
Lovely girl won't you stay
Won't you stay, stay with me
All my life I was blind
I was blind, now I see
Lovely girl, won't you stay
Ooh, oh, oooh
Oh my my, oh hey hey
Here she comes, my saving grace
Burn the car and save the plates
She's arrived, my saving grace
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