I've 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 bright Cadillacs and left there long ago.
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We 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, they 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, I saw the ruins at my
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feet
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You know we almost didn't notice it
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We'd see it all the time on Forty-Second Street.
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They burned the churches up in Harlem
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Like in that Spanish Civil War
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The flames were everywhere, but no one really cared
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It always burned up there before…Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh oh
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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, 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, they blew the Bronx away
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And sank Manhattan out at sea
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Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh oh…Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh oh…
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You know those lights were bright on Broadway
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That was so many years ago…Before we all lived here in Florida
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Before the Mafia took over Mexico.
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There R not many who remember, they say a handful still survive
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To tell the world about, 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) (Live 1977)
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| Billy Joel |
