{Percussion}
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

C           G         C     F         C     G         C
Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
C           G     C      F     C      G     C
All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see

C                                   G
Fleet of black, fleet of black limousines
               F                           C
These tinted machines, here comes the cavalcade
                                            G
With the armored cars, armored cars like berettas
            F                         C             G                 
Flags on antennas designed to keep me safe, keep me safe

    C        G      C
And oh my my oh hey hey
F       C          G    C
Here he comes, the candidate
C              G      C
Blue eyed boy, united states
F        C        G    C
Vote for him, the candidate

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Diamonds cut, diamonds cut for the carrots
               F                           C
Plaster of paris, the floats fill up the street
                                            G
And the beauty queens, beauty queens with the white gloves
            F                         C             G                 
All sick from the night clubs, they wave with pageantry, pageantry

C        G      C
Oh my my oh hey hey
F       C          G    C
Here it comes, the big parade
C              G       C
Marching bands and barricades
F        C        G    C
Make way, for the big parade
C                                   G
Canvas covered, canvas covered in resin
               F                           C
The violent men who dance the blood ballet
                                            G
And the bookies say, bookies say it's the 3rd round
            F                         C             G                 
Oh when louie will go down, if he don't there's hell to pay, and hell to raise


C        G      C
And oh my my oh hey hey
F       C          G    C
Here he comes, the welterweight
C              G       C
Take a dive, for goodness sake
F        C        G    C
Or say goodbye to the welterweight

C                                   G
Catholic priest, catholic priest in a crisis
               F                           C
He's torn between romance and jesus, who will win the civil war
                                            G
And he says I'm in love, I'm in love with a woman
            F                         C             G                 
Yea this is my confession, I'm leaving I can't a priest anymore, anymore

C        G      C
And oh my my oh hey hey
F       C          G    C
There he goes, the man of faith
C              G       C
Left the church for a fiance
F        C        G    C
Let him love, the man of faith[

C                                   G
t.v. cameras, t.v. cameras and stage hands
               F                           C
American bandstand, electric guitars
                                           G
And he's singin songs, singin songs for the lonely
            F                         C             G                 
All the girls with the room keys, they know all his words by heart, by heart and they all sing

{Percussion}
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, 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, oh oh oh oh

C        G      C
Oh my my oh hey hey
F       C          G    C
Here she comes by saving grace
C              G       C
Burn the car and save the plates
F        C        G    C
She's arrived, my saving grace