D C G
I'm a man of alleyways and misty parks at night
D
Call me Simms
D C
You might've seen me strolling Central Park
G D
Or lurking south of the Thames
Bm F#m
I'm terribly familiar in a quite forgetful way
G C
A face you swear you've seen before
G C
But where you cannot say
D
Don't bother it's alright
C G D
Come and join me in tonight's cold parade
D
Though I'm a harmless fellow
C G D
I've been known to scare the hell out of a dame
D
On an empty sidestreet
C G D
Where the wind and she and I meet for a game
Bm F#m
She sees me and assumes i'm up to no good and it's true
C G C G
But the only no good I'm up to is not knowing what to do
D
With this thing called my life
C G D
So I'm sentenced to the night's cold parade
D
Well 'what sort of parade?' you ask
C D G
Well don't expect a float or a band
D C G
A broken majorette may bum a cigarette and offer
D
You her hand
Bm F#m
Yeah it's not exactly pretty this collection of the lost
G C
You've heard about the nitty gritty
G C
Well here's how much it cost
D
It's gonna be bumpy alright
C G D
Come and join me in tonight's cold parade
D C
Now i've got an odd relationship to life
G D
And on that life and I agree
D
I'm a charming party guest
C G D
But i also get bored so easily
D C
Now if i had me a dirty little vocation
G D
I'd feel more at home
D C
See i only walk these streets because
G D
My thoughts and I cannot be left alone
Bm
See the crossword puzzles and playoff games
F#m
and porno sites galore
G C
Cannot contain or ease the pain
G C
They don;'t work anymore
Bm
See by day i am a pillar
F#m
But by night i tend to sway
G C
What happens after work
G C
Well it's too gruesome Lord to say
Bm
See by day i am a pillar
F#m
But by night i tend to roar
G C G C
but nothing compares to the music of your knock upon my door
D
It's lonely here inside
C G D
Come and join me in tonight's cold parade
D
It's lonely here inside
C G D
Come and join me in tonight's cold parade