One, two   One, two, three      Your wonderful parade   Moving through the towns that rise and then they fade   Over streets that pass the houses where you've stayed   Your wonderful parade      Your daily masquerade   (Your daily masquerade)   Paper masks behind this face which you have made   Crumble down upon foundations that you've laid   Your daily masquerade      Stand in line, try to climb   Meet your wife at cocktail time   Surely you should try and choose a better way to fall      Your marvelous charade   (Your marvelous charade)   Never could be worth the prices that you've paid   Blindness is a part of every game you've played   Your marvelous charade      (Ahh)   (Your wonderful parade)   (Ahh, ahh)   Stand in line, try to climb   Meet your wife at cocktail time   Surely you should try and choose a better way to fall      Your marvelous charade   (Your marvelous charade)   Never could be worth the prices that you've paid   Blindness is a part of every game you've played   Your marvelous charade   (Your daily masquerade)   (Your wonderful parade)