Allentown (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)-Billy Joel

[ti:Allentown(Live At Shea, 2008)] [ar:Billy Joel] [al:Live At Shea Stadium] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Allentown (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008) - Billy Joel [00:19.87]Well we're living here in Allentown [00:23.76]And they're closing all the factories down [00:27.82]Out in Bethlehem they're killing time [00:31.80]Filling out forms [00:33.53]Standing in line [00:36.30]Well our fathers fought the Second World War [00:40.39]Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore [00:44.57]Met our mothers in the USO [00:48.45]Asked them to dance [00:50.63]Danced with them slow [00:52.96]And we're living here in Allentown [00:57.18]But the restlessness was handed down [01:01.29]And it's getting very hard to stay [01:20.56]Well we're waiting here in Allentown [01:24.47]For the Pennsylvania we never found [01:28.61]For the promises our teachers gave [01:32.28]If we worked hard [01:34.32]If we behaved [01:36.96]So the graduations hang on the wall [01:41.20]But they never really helped us at all [01:45.38]No they never taught us what was real [01:49.12]Iron and coke [01:51.16]And chromium steel [01:53.79]And we're waiting here in Allentown [01:58.17]But they've taken all the coal from the ground [02:02.21]And the union people crawled away [02:16.31]Every child had a pretty good shot [02:20.16]To get at least as far as their old man got [02:24.27]But something happened on the way to that place [02:28.51]They threw an American flag in our face [02:43.46]Well living here in Allentown [02:47.52]And it's hard to keep a good man down [02:51.75]But I won't be getting up today [03:28.98]And it's getting very hard to stay [03:34.57]And we're living here in Allentown