Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) lyrics

Song information

Artist: Billy Joel
Album: Songs In The Attic

Lyrics

I've seen the lights go out on broadway-
I saw the empire state laid low
And life went on beyond the palisades
They all bought cadillacs-
And left there long ago

We held a concert out in brooklyn-
To watch the island bridges blow
They turned our power down
And drove us underground-
But we went right on with the show..

I've seen the lights go out on broadway-
I saw the ruins at my feet
You know we almost didn't notice it-
We'd see it all the time on forty-second street

They burned the churches up in harlem-
Like in that spanish civil war-
The flames were everywhere
But no one really cared-
It always burned up there before...

I've seen the rats lie down on broadway-
I watched the mighty skyline fall
The boats were waiting at the battery
The union went on strike-
They never sailed at all

They sent a carrier out from norfolk-
And picked the yankees up for free
They said that queens could stay
They blew the bronx away-
And sank manhattan out at sea...

You know those lights were bright on broadway-
But that was so many years ago..
Before we all lived here in florida-
Before the mafia took over mexico
There are not many who remember-
They say a handful still survive..
To tell the world about..
The way the lights went out
And keep the memory alive...

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

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