Текст песни The Long Parade - David Prince

Everywhere I went today people said goodbye
Some, I′d known forever - some, not as well
Coming in and out of view in regular rotation
Like characters on my life's carousel
Some of them are about the closest friends that I have ever known
Some of them, I′m hoping to forget
Pretty soon they all will see me riding to the great unknown
And, on this part of my life, the sun will set

I've tried holding back the tears for so long
No, no, no - I told myself I wouldn't cry
But every day it′s harder and I know now how it feels
To be the grand marshal in a long parade of goodbyes.

Sometimes they′d like an explanation - some just say farewell
Some would like to know our future plans
And when I tell them, honestly, that God just told us it was time to go
Some of them pretend to understand
I suppose that some of them just walk away and wonder
How anyone could leave them all behind
And I suppose that some of them know that
Just cause they won't see me
Doesn′t mean they won't be on my mind

I′m not holding back the tears anymore
No, no, no - I'm not even going to try
Do it for awhile and you′ll find out just how it feels
To be the grand marshal in a long parade of goodbyes.

People, places and things
Weave into the fabric of who we are
People, places and things
Stay with us forever - near and far

I'm not holding back the tears anymore
No, no, no - I'm not even going to try
Do it for awhile and you′ll find out just how it feels
To be the grand marshal in a long parade of goodbyes.