Allentown-Billy Joel

[ti:Allentown] [ar:Billy Joel] [al:12 Gardens Live] [offset:0] [00:19.01]Well we're living here in Allentown [00:23.06]And they're closing all the factories down [00:26.82] [00:27.53]Out in Bethlehem they're killing time [00:31.28]Filling out forms [00:32.78]Standing in line [00:36.04]Well our fathers fought the Second World War [00:40.07]Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore [00:44.39]Met our mothers in the USO [00:48.02]Asked them to dance [00:50.22]Danced with them slow [00:52.98]And we're living here in Allentown [00:56.50] [00:57.06]But the restlessness was handed down [01:01.27]And it's getting very hard to stay [01:09.92] [01:20.54]Well we're waiting here in Allentown [01:24.59]For the Pennsylvania we never found [01:28.95]For the promises our teachers gave [01:32.81]If we worked hard [01:34.76]If we behaved [01:37.21]So the graduations hang on the wall [01:41.34]But they never really helped us at all [01:45.93]No they never taught us what was real [01:49.61]Iron and coke [01:51.48]And chromium steel [01:54.17]And we're waiting here in Allentown [01:57.74] [01:58.82]But they've taken all the coal from the ground [02:02.70]And the union people crawled away [02:11.17] [02:16.76]Every child had a pretty good shot [02:20.70]To get at least as far as their old man got [02:24.77]But something happened on the way to that place [02:28.72]They threw an American flag in our face [02:38.27] [02:43.85]Well living here in AllentownI'm [02:48.08]And it's hard to keep a good man down [02:52.20]But I won't be getting up today [03:00.73] [03:28.58]And it's getting very hard to stay [03:32.65] [03:35.05]And we're living here in Allentown