I’ve seen the lights go out on broadway-
I saw the empire state laid low
And life went on beyond the palisades
They all bought bright cadillacs-
And left there long ago
We held a concert out in brooklyn-
To watch the island bridges blow
They turned our power down
And drove us underground-
But we went right on with the show...
I’ve seen the lights go out on broadway-
I saw the ruins at my feet
You know we almost didn’t notice it-
We’d see it all the time on forty-second street
They burned the churches up in harlem-
Like in that spanish civil war-
The flames were everywhere
But no one really cared-
It always burned up there before....
I saw the lights go out on broadway-
I watched the mighty skyline fall
The boats were waiting at the battery
The union went on strike-
They never sailed at all
I saw the empire state laid low
And life went on beyond the palisades
They all bought bright cadillacs-
And left there long ago
We held a concert out in brooklyn-
To watch the island bridges blow
They turned our power down
And drove us underground-
But we went right on with the show...
I’ve seen the lights go out on broadway-
I saw the ruins at my feet
You know we almost didn’t notice it-
We’d see it all the time on forty-second street
They burned the churches up in harlem-
Like in that spanish civil war-
The flames were everywhere
But no one really cared-
It always burned up there before....
I saw the lights go out on broadway-
I watched the mighty skyline fall
The boats were waiting at the battery
The union went on strike-
They never sailed at all
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