Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway) (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)-Billy Joel

[ti:Miami 2017 (I've Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)(Live At Shea, 2008)] [ar:Billy Joel] [al:Live At Shea Stadium] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.06]I seen the lights go out on Broadway [00:07.40]I saw the Empire State laid low [00:13.71]And life went on beyond the Palisades [00:18.63]They all bought Cadillacs and left there long ago [00:26.53]They held a concert out in Brooklyn [00:30.42] [00:32.81]To watch the island bridges blow [00:36.37] [00:39.37]They turned our power down [00:42.04] [00:42.83]And drove us underground [00:46.16]But we went right on with the show [00:52.10]Oooh Oh Oh Ooh [00:56.35] [01:01.73]I seen the lights go out on Broadway [01:07.71]I saw the ruins at my feet [01:11.12] [01:13.89]You know we almost didn＇t notice it [01:18.76]We＇d see it all the time on 42nd Street [01:26.34]They burned the churches up in Harlem [01:30.22] [01:32.56]Like in that Spanish Civil War [01:34.93] [01:38.71]The flames were everywhere [01:41.15] [01:42.02]But no one really cared: [01:45.26]It always burned up there before [01:47.94] [01:49.99]Ooh Oh Oh Ooh [01:52.65] [02:00.38]I seen the lights go out on Broadway [02:04.06] [02:06.23]I watched the mighty skyline fall [02:10.49] [02:12.60]The boats were waiting at the Battery [02:15.79] [02:17.43]The union went on strike: [02:20.59]They never sailed at all [02:23.37] [02:24.98]They sent the carrier out from Norfolk [02:27.23] [02:30.79]And picked the Yankees up for free [02:34.68] [02:37.11]They said that Queens could stay [02:40.22]They blew the Bronx away [02:43.42]And sank Manhattan out at sea [02:51.14] [02:58.96]You know those lights were bright on Broadway [03:02.86] [03:05.46]But that was so many years ago: [03:08.96] [03:11.63]Before we all lived here in Florida [03:15.67] [03:16.64]Before the Mafia took over Mexico [03:21.35] [03:24.71]There are not many who remember; [03:28.78] [03:31.21]They say a handful still survive [03:34.30] [03:38.11]To tell the world about [03:41.44]The way the lights went out [03:45.13]And keep the memory alive