Joel Billy - Miami 2017 Lyrics
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.They sent a carrier out from norfolk-And picked the yankees up for free.They said that queens could stay,They blew the bronx away-And sank manhattan out to sea....You know those lights were bright on broadway-But that was so many years ago...Before we all lived here in florida-Before the mafia took over mexico.There are not many who remember-They say a handful still survive...To tell the world about...The way the lights went out,And keep the memory alive....
