Don't bring around a cloud to rain on my parade I'll march my band out, I'll beat my drum And if I'm fanned out, your turn at bat, sir At least I didn't fake it, hat, sir I guess I didn't make it Get ready for me love, 'cause I'm a comer I simply gotta

We'll carry on Your memory will carry on Will never take my heart You can try You'll never break me When I was a young boy My father took me into the city To see a marching band He said, son, when you grow up

And I march to ban you It's just a temporary slide back in the abyss I should've seen it coming from miles away They've been armed in a thick coat of structure Shielding me from my own blazing dagger There was a purpose upon the horizon A destination

We'll carry on Your memory will carry on Will never take my heart You can try You'll never break me When I was a young boy My father took me into the city To see a marching band He said, son, when you grow up

Of the waters of March, It's the joy in your heart And the riverbank talks It's the end of a strain A stick, a stone, It's the end of the road, The foot, the ground, The flesh and the bone, The beat of the road,

Don't leave this world to me Well you drove off in the summer rain I waved to you like a sleeping dream Told me to stay callous if someone bothered me "The Eiffel Tower, the marching band But I'm sure you wouldn't understand" I just hope you don't stay

Adios rock band that we loved the most This is a toast to what you did And all that you were fighting for Who could do more when time marches on? Words come and go We will sing the melodies that you did long ago (Ooh) Let 'em fade Goodbye heroes, you had

We'll carry on Your memory will carry on Will never take my heart You can try You'll never break me When I was a young boy My father took me into the city To see a marching band He said, son, when you grow up