Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway), artist - Billy Joel. Date of issue: 12.06.2006
Song language: English
Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway) |
| 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… |