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Beautiful Parade

from The Beggar Heart by Gregory Hoskins

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The one tune where the actual April vocal survived. After hearing Jon’s (Goldsmith) little 4-note intro off the top, I was fairly certain this track would lead the recording off, but waffled over the ensuing months. I believe the choice of lead tracks was Gary’s. Actually, Gary sequenced the entire cd. There is nothing quite like hearing a few hundred people sing the chorus of this song..."from the cradle to the grave” seems to always be the loudest line.

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Beautiful Parade

My inner masochist was jumping for joy
At all the poison he had pumping in his boy
He nearly wore me down, he nearly stole my crown.

Ah, but that was yesterday,sometime in the night the Surgeon came
I woke up with hollow bones
And the truth I’ve always known, I was born above the law.

Into the beautiful parade, it’s a beautiful parade
Just relax and don’t forget to smile
From the cradle to the grave, it’s a beautiful parade
Be happy if you want to be.

In the beginning was The Word and The Word was good.
But then The Word was misunderstood
That’s always how it goes, eyes open then closed.

Father mother daughter son; every lamb, every lion
All just angels without wings, we were meant for better things
We were meant for a better life.

Here in the beautiful parade…

The Holy Ghost is on the move
You’ve just got to learn to spot the clues
In our science when it proves what the heart already knows.

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from The Beggar Heart, released April 4, 2007

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