◎ This morning, for the first time, I looked into the mirror/and felt attached/to you, falling in love/with you, falling in love [whoa, whoa]
◎ Doing my eyes, where am I going?/Yes, I’m going to see you
Baby, the street’s always a parade/Baby, why not follow along
◎ The world is sweet and/full of catchy things, yeah
I wanna hug them, to feel happy/smile and press my cheek to them, don’t you?
◎ Hey! The revue is starting/Hey! Don’t be late, ok?/Hey! The revue is starting/Don’t forget, ok?*
◎ Maybe today, you’ll look at me/you should notice/you’re also falling in love/with me, falling in love
[whoa, whoa]
◎ Watching TV, an old-timey movie/a musical, just like this revue, right?
Baby, the street’s always a parade/Baby, listen, you can hear it, can’t you?
◎ The world is happy and/full of lucky things, yeah
I wanna kiss them and feel happy/smile and press my cheek to them, don’t you?
[*chorus]
[a new sterophonic sound spectacular]
◎ The world is sweet and/full of catchy things, should be
[oh] God, how can you rain on our parade? Please don’t
In a world with no happy and lucky things/with you I feel happy/wanna smile and press my cheek to you, don’t you/wanna smile and press your cheek to me %
#1 by Jim on 2014.10.18 - 23:51
I’m using the format of lyric sheet from the original release of Bossa Nova 2001.
Which has a typo btw.
#2 by Jim on 2014.10.19 - 21:55
Wondering if the “please stop” is too much. It’s more like it’s not yet raining and asking “God” not to let it rain. And yet in the reality of this song-world there is “always a parade”. No matter how long this ‘God’ person puts off letting it rain, there will still be the parade to be rained upon. What appears to be a slight darkness in this otherwise upbeat tune is much more, it is a request of an imagined supreme being for eternal drought; a prayer for the death of humanity.
#3 by Jim on 2014.10.22 - 11:40
Ok, I need to change it.
#4 by Jim on 2014.10.22 - 11:40
You know, in some contexts, these lyrics may be slightly embarrassing.
#5 by Jim on 2014.10.22 - 18:04
There isn’t even a line break there, what was I thinking.
#6 by Jim on 2014.12.01 - 11:04
Found the correct double circle symbol: ⨷→◎