I'll linger here your ring upon my finger dear and sing till dawn
A song of you and me and what and why for time is all I have to keep
Between these walls and half asleep the days go by a million little

Nights and days go by and I don't mind Parades go by So many beautiful
Parades go by Leave me behind I'll sit and stare how could I venture
Anywhere and let the centuries fall where they may but never die
For I have loved and so I lost the world above beyond the moss


Lyrics submitted by Anne Arbour, edited by deadevil13

Parades Go By Lyrics as written by Stephin Merritt

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    Stephin Merritt says in the 69 Love Songs accompanying booklet that the narrator is dead. Who knew?

    seatronon November 03, 2010   Link
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    if this got into the wrong hands, then this could've easily become some cheesy orchestrated thing, but in its current state, with just the synthesizers, it has a strange sense of loveliness to it

    pumkinhedon January 12, 2006   Link
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    i love the kind of quiet sadness this has to it. whenever i think about this album, i always forget this song. it doesn't stand out at all. but when i sit down and this song comes on, it is just a pleasant surprise. it is easily forgotten, but it isn't a bad song at all.

    finiteon June 23, 2006   Link
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    Parades Go By is actually my favorite MF song. It's so simple and sweet.

    liktheangelon March 09, 2011   Link

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