All the girls and boys have gone away   They never really had much to say   They took off all their clothes and their shoes   Politely asked to be excused      They're the children on parade   They have a secret they can share   They're the children on parade   And nobody knows and nobody knows      All the broken toys lie on the floor   There's no more laughter from down the hall   Mirror, mirror, mirror on the wall   Whatever could have happened to them all      They're the children on parade   They have a secret that they share   They're the children on parade   And nobody knows and nobody knows      All across the world just yesterday   All the boys and girls just went away   They left without their clothes or their shoes   I'd love to someday hear all the news      About the children on parade   And all the secrets that they share   Now they're the children on parade   And nobody knows