Easter Parade

The seconds on the day of the Easter parade
 There was a flower child
 Running as fast as she can.
 A new shade of rays and some bucket shoes
 And an angel of mercy strung from her hand like a balloon
 "Is this what you want, is this what you need?"
 She whispered in her ear
 "The day of love has come and are you awake?"
 The sidewalk surfer through the colorful crowd
 She is an island
 Happy as happy can be.
 The hums and the drums of the marching band
 And now they say
 She ran and she ran through the city
 Careful what you do, careful what you say
 And the angel disappeared
 The day of love has come, make no mistake.
 She picks up her feet and she's through the crowd
 With a desperate shout
 Pushing the pushers around
 She tears down the stairs and she's onto the streets
 Throught the barricades waving her hands to the sky
 She stops right in front of the marching band
 And raises her voice
 "The day of love has come, stop the parade!"
 Nobody cares that you finally fell in love
 Nobody really gives a damn
 Nobody cares that you finally fell in love
 Nobody stops the marching band.
 Eleven dancing girls in the pink and blue
 And they're smiling
 The sun's on the new polished brass.
 Half a dozen flutes and the lonely sound of the clarinet
 Pushing and pulling on the crowd
 Left foot up and left foot down and music to the sky
 The day of love has come, let's have a parade.
 Two dark suits in the uniform from the side of the street
 Come a'runnin' as fast as they can
 She pleads on her knees to the officers
 "You must understand, I have had a revelation
 And I insist that you hear me out"
 But they drag her away
 The day of love has come, so you say.
 Nobody cares that you finally fell in love
 Nobody really gives a damn
 Nobody cares that you finally fell in love
 Nobody stops the marching band.
 She picks herself up and she dusted off
 Then spun around
 Holding her head in her hands.
 Two deep breaths and she's headed home
 With the angel of mercy strung from her hand like a balloon
 "Is this what you want, is this what you need?"
 She whispered in her ear
 "The day of love has come and are you awake?"
 She sits in the window
 The one by the door
 The one with the sun on the shade
 She looks at the smiles of the crowd on the street
 Watching the Easter parade.
 Nobody cares that you finally fell in love
 Nobody really gives a damn
 Nobody cares that you finally fell in love
 Nobody stops the marching band.
 Nobody cares that you finally fell in love
 Nobody really gives a damn
 Nobody cares that you finally fell in love
 Nobody stops the marching band.
 Nobody cares that you finally fell in love
 Nobody really gives a damn
 Nobody cares that you finally fell in love
 Nobody stops the marching band.
 No, no, nobody cares that you finally fell in love
 Nobody really gives a damn
 Nobody cares that you finally fell in love
 Nobody stops the marching band.