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PARADE REST BLUES

Well you can toot your horn
you can ring your bell
buy anything they got for sale
strike up the band, while I tell you ‘bout the Parade Rest Blues

You put your right foot in
you put your left foot out
gonna tell you all what the fuss is about
y’all get in step, while I tell ya ‘bout the parade rest blues

(Announcer: Now here comes the East Burnside Bugle Corp, followed bya giant purple hippopotamus. After that we have an Oregon
duck riding a bicycle and an 20 foot astronaut wearing a
top hat)

Now you can clap your hands, stomp your feet
laugh at all the clowns that you chance to meet
get it together and sing about the Parade Rest Blues

(Announcer: Here comes the muffin man, in drag!
and a teamof Clydsdale’s on roller skates, keeping Portland weird,
and last but not least, the Broken Soldier Marching Band! Let’s hear it!)

Now you can pick up your trash and go back home
wave goodbye and say so-long, that’s all there is
and there ain’t no more, Parade Rest Blues

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from Parade Rest Blues, released February 14, 2014

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Broken Soldier Portland, Oregon

Broken Soldier is a one-man band. A fictional duo featuring Jeff Betz and his nameless companion known only as The Soldier.

Together they create works of musical fiction that purport to be Live performances but which are in fact home recordings made in a small studio apartment in Portland, Oregon.

Jeff Betz: Vocals, Guitars and all other instruments and Field Recordings. ... more

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