Miami 2017 (I've Seen the Lights Go out on Broadway)-Billy Joel

[ti:Miami 2017 (I've Seen the Lights Go out on Broadway)] [ar:Billy Joel] [al:The Complete Albums Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.30]Miami 2017 (I've Seen the Lights Go out on Broadway) - Billy Joel [00:02.15]Lyrics by：Billy Joel [00:02.63]Composed by：Billy Joel [00:42.80]Seen the lights go out on Broadway [00:49.03]I saw the Empire State laid low [00:55.35]And life went on beyond the palisades [00:59.68]They all bought Cadillacs [01:03.15]And left there long ago [01:07.93]They held a concert out in Brooklyn [01:14.04]To watch the island bridges blow [01:20.49]They turned our power down [01:23.67]And drove us underground [01:27.01]But we went right on with the show [01:42.67]I've seen the lights go out on Broadway [01:48.88]I saw the ruins at my feet [01:55.15]You know we almost didn't notice it [02:00.07]We'd seen it all the time on Forty-second Street [02:07.60]They burned the churches up in Harlem [02:14.06]Like in the Spanish civil war [02:20.46]The flames were everywhere [02:23.73]But no one really cared [02:27.09]It always burned up there before [02:42.84]I've seen the lights go out on Broadway [02:48.95]I've watched the mighty skyline fall [02:55.34]The boats were waiting at the battery [03:00.24]The union went on strike [03:03.24]They never sailed at all [03:07.81]They sent a carrier out from Norfolk [03:14.20]And picked the Yankees up for free [03:20.62]They said that Queens could stay [03:23.86]They blew the Bronx away [03:27.10]And sank Manhattan out at sea [03:42.91]You know those lights were bright on Broadway [03:49.53]That was so many years ago [03:55.96]Before we all lived here in Florida [04:00.73]Before the Mafia took over Mexico [04:09.05]There are not many who remember [04:15.47]They say a handful still survive [04:22.23]To tell the world about [04:25.52]The way the lights went out [04:29.00]And keep the memory alive