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

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

Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)


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