Jacques Lamure-Of Montreal

[ti:Jacques Lamure] [ar:Of Montreal] [al:The Gay Parade] [by:] [offset:-499] [00:03.77]Jacques Lamure is a [00:05.70]Volunteer fireman [00:07.87] [00:10.87]He longs to give his life [00:13.92]Saving a nice old man and his wife [00:17.54]When their house is [00:18.75]Filled with flames [00:21.26]Earning him honor and fame [00:25.64]Jacques Lamure is a foreman [00:28.45]At a clock factory [00:30.32] [00:32.57]He wishes he were boss [00:35.81]So he could fire that scoundrel William Moss [00:38.51] [00:39.51]Who always puts him down [00:43.19]When Megan Blanchard is around [00:44.69] [00:47.56]He told himself last year [00:48.93]That when springtime was here [00:50.44]He would suddenly appear at Meg's door [00:54.11]He'd rent a mariachi band and respectfully demand [00:57.67]His dear Meg to take his hand [00:59.66]And to be his forever more [01:01.82] [01:03.26]But of course he didn't dare [01:05.57]And pretended not to care [01:06.53] [01:08.72]About the insult or the loss [01:11.23] [01:12.42]When he found out she'd married William Moss [01:15.16] [01:25.91]Jacques Lamure goes to see a show [01:28.98]Every other Friday night [01:29.51] [01:33.07]He likes the westerns best [01:35.94]He'd rather be a sheriff with a gold star on his chest [01:39.06] [01:39.74]Than that weird guy who never says a word [01:43.36]And when spoken to pretends he hadn't heard [01:45.86] [01:46.92]He realized one day that he didn't have to stay [01:50.66]That he could move as far away as planes could fly [01:54.04] [01:54.79]He chuckled as he mused [01:56.23]About the people who had rused him [01:58.35]And how shocked and confused that they would be [02:00.78]When he says goodbye and never turns around [02:05.23]Never returns to that miserable town [02:07.99]Then as weeks passed he soon did find [02:10.50] [02:12.75]This move had greatly improved his state of mind