Londons Brilliant Parade

Elvis Costello

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"London’s Brilliant Parade" (Capo: 5th. fret) ____Intro: Strings: B & E (Notes on both strings to be played simultaneously) string:*     string:     * (Repeat *-* 2 more times) ____Verse: 1 Outside my window  not long before sleep arrives  they come with their sirens___  and they sweep away all the boys  busy draining the joy from their___lives  they never said their prayers out loud ____Verse: 2 And while I’m dreaming  there’s a passing motor car  that broadcasts a popular song  and a girl appears to be saying "Do you think that I’m going to go___far"? ____Chorus: 1 Just look at me  I’m having the time of my_______life  or something quite like it when I’m walking out and about  in London’s brilliant parade ____Bridge:  She’s one of those girls that you just can’t place  you feel guilty desiring such an innocent face  but of course they knew that____when they cast__her  along with the red____Routema__ster  and the film takes place in an MGB  in a perfect re-creation of "The Speakeasy"  everybody looks hap____py and twi__sted  though she probably ne____ver exi__sted  for old times sake______don’t let me awake______ ____Verse: 3 I wouldn’t want you  to walk across Hungerford Bridge  especially at twili___ght  looking through the bolts and the girders into the water be___low  you’ll never find your answer there ____Verse: 4 They sounded the "all-clear"  in the occidental bazaar  they used to call Oxford Street  now the bankrupt souls in the city  are finally tasting de___feat ____Chorus: 2 Don’t look at me  I’m having the time of my_______life  or something quite like it when I’m walking out and about  in London’s brilliant parade when I’m walking out and about  in London’s brilliant parade ____Verse: 5 From the gates of St. Mary’s  there were horses in Olym__pia  and a trolley bus in Fulham Broadway  the lions and the tigers  in Regents Park couldn’t pay their way  and now they’re not the only ones ____Verse: 6 At the Hammersmith Palais  in Kensington and___Camden town  there’s a part that I used to play  the lovely Diorama is really part of the drama I’d___say ____Chorus: 1 Just look at me  I’m having the time of my_______life  or something quite like it when I’m walking out and about  in London’s brilliant parade (Repeat chorus) ____Coda: string:*     string:     * (Repeat *-* 2 more times)

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La chanson évoque une atmosphère urbaine où le protagoniste se trouve coincé entre ses rêves et la réalité. Alors que la nuit s'installe, il observe les tumultes extérieurs, avec des sirènes qui défilent et des âmes en quête de sens. La mélodie populaire qui résonne dans une voiture rappelle des moments de joie, mais il exprime aussi une certaine mélancolie face à des figures féminines mystérieuses et à des souvenirs passés. Dans ce décor londonien, la contemplation des lieux emblématiques comme Hungerford Bridge et Oxford Street nous amène à réfléchir sur les illusions et les désillusions de la vie contemporaine. L'ensemble donne une image tendre et nostalgique d'une ville, tout en révélant les luttes des âmes qui y évoluent.