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BILLY JOEL lyrics : "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)"

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 lights go 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....

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