Miami 2017 (seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) Lyrics - Billy Joel

Miami 2017 (seen the lights go out on broadway) 

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seen the lights go out broadway 

i saw the empire state laid low 

and life went on beyond the palisades 

they all bought cadillacs 

and left there long ago 

They 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 seen it all the time on forty second street 

They burned the churches down 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 out on broadway 

i saw 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 

and blew the bronx away 

and sank manhattan out at sea 

You know those lights were bright on broadway 

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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