Hey, world, here I am...



Don't tell me not to fly

I've simply got to

If someone takes a spill

It's me and not you

Don't bring around a cloud to rain on my parade



Don't tell me not to live

Just sit and putter

Life's candy and the sun is a ball of butter

Who told you you're allowed to rain on my parade?



I'm gonna march my band out

I'll beat my drum

And if I'm fanned out

Your turn at bat, sir

Hey at least I didn't fake it, perhaps, sir

So what? I didn't make it



But whether I'm the rose of sheer perfection

Or freckle on the nose of life's complexion

The cinder of a shiny apple of its eye

I gotta fly once

I gotta try once

Only can die once, right sir?

Ooh, love is juicy

Juicy and you see

I gotta have my bite, sir



So get ready for me love

'Cause I'm a-comin'

I simply gotta march

My heart's a drummer

Don't bring around a cloud to rain on my parade



I gotta fly once

I gotta try once

Only can die once, right sir?

Ooh, love is juicy

Juicy and you see

I gotta have my bite, sir



Get ready for me love, 'cause I'm a-comin'

I simply gotta march, my heart's a drummer

Nobody, I said nobody, 

Nobody had better rain on my parade!