All the girls and boys have gone away They never really had much to say They took off all their clothes and their shoes Politely asked to be excused They're the children on parade They have a secret they can share They're the children on parade And nobody knows And nobody knows All the broken toys lie on the floor There's no more laughter from down the hall Mirror, mirror, mirror on the wall Whatever could have happened to them all They're the children on parade They have a secret that they share They're the children on parade And nobody knows And nobody knows All across the world just yesterday All the boys and girls just went away They left without their clothes or their shoes I'd love to someday hear all the news About the children on parade And all the secrets that they share Now they're the children on parade And nobody knows...