Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway) (I've Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)-Billy Joel

[ti:Miami 2017 (I've Seen the Ligh] [ar:Billy Joel] [al:The Essential Billy Joel] [by:] [offset:0] [00:42.85]Seen the lights go out on broadway [00:48.85]I saw the Empire State laid low [00:55.22]And life went on beyond the Palisades [00:59.73]They all bought Cadillacs [01:03.06]And left there long ago [01:07.80]They held a concert out in Brooklyn [01:13.99]To watch the island bridges blow [01:20.37]They turned our power down [01:23.80]And drove us underground [01:26.81]But we went right on with the show [01:34.80] [01:37.05]I've seen the lights go out on Broadway [01:48.62]I saw the ruins at my feet [01:54.87]You know we almost didn't notice it [01:59.68]We'd seen it all time on Forty-second Street [02:07.26]They burned the chuches up in Harlem [02:13.89]Like in the Spanish civil war [02:20.13]The flames were ev'rywhere [02:23.45]But no one really cared [02:26.76]It always burned up there before [02:42.83]I've seen the lights go out on Broadway [02:48.76]I watched the mighty skyline fall [02:55.38]The boats were waiting at the battery [03:00.69]The union went on strike [03:03.19]They never sailed at all [03:07.57]They sent a carrier out from Norfolk [03:13.95]And picked the Yankees up for free [03:20.20]They said that Queens could stay [03:23.45]And blew the Bronx away [03:26.70]And sank Manhattan out at sea [03:41.32] [03:42.39]You know those lights were bright on Broadway [03:49.14]That was so many years ago [03:56.14]Before we all lived here in Florida [04:03.52]Before the Mafia took over Mexico [04:08.65]There are not many who remember [04:15.15]They say a handful still survive [04:21.72]To tell the world about [04:25.03]The way the lights went out [04:28.40]And keep the memory alive