Hometown Hero’s Tickertape Parade Lyrics by Pasek & Paul
Dogfight (Original Cast Recording)
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[BIRDLACE] No-name schoolboy, awful green, Trained, ordained as a mean Marine Now they can't fuck with the tough, young buck Cradlin' an M14 Da dat da da Teach a gook to hold a gun Serve your year and then you're done Homeward bound and the boy gets crowned As Cleveland's new fav'rite son At the hometown hero's ticker tape parade Cotton candy and lemonade [THREE BEES] It's a hometown hero's ticker tape parade [BIRDLACE] Can't get that at the penny arcade Da dat da da Dat da da dat da da da [THREE BEES] Da dat da da Dat da da, da da da [BIRDLACE] Main Street blocked all afternoon [BERNSTEIN] A band on hand with a marchin' tune [BOLAND] Your name is wailed [BIRDLACE] The blimp's unveiled [BERNSTEIN] Your face on a big balloon [THREE BEES] Da dat da da [BOLAND] Watchin' busty blondes compete, [BIRDLACE/BERNSTEIN] Ain't that sweet? [BOLAND] Drawin' claws like cats in heat [BIRDLACE & BERNSTEIN] Ooo yeah [BERNSTEIN] Let 'em fight to spend the night [BOLAND] And stain up that nice white sheet [BIRDLACE & BERNSTEIN] Yeah [THREE BEES] At the hometown hero's ticker tape parade [BIRDLACE] Tellin' tales of a brave brigade [THREE BEES] A hometown hero's ticker tape parade [BERNSTEIN] It's your time to shine [BOLAND/BIRDLACE] Time to get laid! [THREE BEES] Da dat da da Dat da da dat da da da Da dat da da Dat da da dat da da [BOLAND] A hero don't get soft A hero don't retreat He's gonna get his way 'Cause he won't accept defeat Guys like me and you, We're heroes through and through [GIBBS, FECTOR & STEVENS] Dat da da Dat da da Dat da da Dat da da Oh [THREE BEES] Semper Fi Do or Die! [BOLAND] You're a goddamn hero [GIBBS, FECTOR & STEVENS] Can't you hear it, boys? [BOLAND] You're a goddamn hero [GIBBS, FECTOR & STEVENS] Can't you hear it Comin', comin', comin', comin' [BERNSTEIN] I'm a goddamn hero! [ALL EXCEPT BIRDLACE & BERNSTEIN] Comin' comin' comin’ [ALL EXCEPT BIRDLACE] At the hometown hero's ticker tape parade No confetti for the boys who stayed Hometown hero's ticker tape parade You win a war, You pick a wife, You get respect Your whole damn life You're a hometown hero Who gets a mother fuckin' ticker tape parade! Da dat da da Dat da da da da da
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