it's a kind of parade   it's a bucket brigade   who got it off the wire   that you'd set it and left   just to cover the theft   that would topple and empire   but you wanted the world   and it was only the heart...   only the heart of a girl      for everyone in the know   he's going to put on a show   death defying feats of daring   and for the riff and the raff   he's gonna mimeograph   a statement he's preparing   that he wanted the world   and it was only a heart...   only the heart of a girl      here we are   handing over all we know   either that or    start to blow 'til we've   run out of breath      it's a kind of parade   it's a bucket brigade   who read it off the wire   that you lost your whole world   and it was all over    the heart of a girl   only the heart of a girl   here we are   handing over all we know   either that or   start to blow 'til we've   run out of breath