Miami 2017(Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - June 1980)-Billy Joel

[ti:Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go] [ar:Billy Joel] [al:Songs In The Attic] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Miami 2017(Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - June 1980) - Billy Joel [00:29.92]I've seen the lights go out on Broadway- [00:59.85]I saw the Empire State laid low [01:05.72]And life went on beyond the Palisades [01:10.16]They all bought Cadillacs- [01:13.09]And left there long ago [01:17.53]We held a concert out in Brooklyn- [01:23.41]To watch the Island bridges blow [01:29.60]They turned our power down [01:32.78]And drove us underground- [01:35.84]But we went right on with the show [01:50.34]I've seen the lights go out on Broadway- [01:56.16]I saw the ruins at my feet [02:01.85]You know we almost didn't notice it- [02:06.26]We'd see it all the time on Forty-Second Street [02:13.39]They burned the churches up in Harlem- [02:19.14]Like in that Spanish Civil War- [02:25.01]The flames were everywhere [02:28.01]But no one really cared- [02:31.08]It always burned up there before [02:45.68]I've seen the rats lie down on Broadway- [02:50.74]I watched the mighty skyline fall [02:56.61]The boats were waiting at the Battery [03:01.04]The union went on strike- [03:03.79]They never sailed at all [03:07.48]They sent a carrier out from Norfolk- [03:13.60]And picked the Yankees up for free [03:19.29]They said that Queens could stay [03:22.29]They blew the Bronx away- [03:25.22]And sank Manhattan out at sea [03:39.45]You know those lights were bright on Broadway- [03:45.38]But that was so many years ago [03:51.33]Before we all lived here in Florida- [03:56.01]Before the Mafia took over Mexico [04:03.64]There are not many who remember- [04:09.76]They say a handful still survive [04:15.95]To tell the world about [04:19.26]The way the lights went out [04:22.63]And keep the memory alive