Seen the lights go out on broadway
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I saw the Empire State laid low
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And life went on beyond the Palisades
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They all bought Cadillacs
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And left there long ago
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They held a concert out in Brooklyn
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To watch the island bridges blow
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They turned our power down
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And drove us underground
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But we went right on with the show
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I've seen the lights go out on Broadway
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I saw the ruins at my feet
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You know we almost didn't notice it
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We'd seen it all time on Forty-second Street
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They burned the chuches up in Harlem
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Like in the Spanish civil war
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The flames were ev'rywhere
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But no one really cared
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It always burned up there before
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I've seen the lights go out on Broadway
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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The boats were waiting at the battery
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The union went on strike
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They never sailed at all
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They sent a carrier out from Norfolk
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And picked the Yankees up for free
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They said that Queens could stay
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And blew the Bronx away
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And sank Manhattan out at sea
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You know those lights were bright on Broadway
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That was so many years ago
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Before we all lived here in Florida
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Before the Mafia took over Mexico
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There are not many who remember
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They say a handful still survive
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To tell the world about
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The way the lights went out
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And keep the memory alive
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Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
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| Billy Joel |
