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Seen the lights go out on broadway |
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I saw the Empire State laid low |
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And life went on beyond the Palisades |
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They all bought Cadillacs |
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And left there long ago |
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They held a concert out in Brooklyn |
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To watch the island bridges blow |
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They turned our power down |
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And drove us underground |
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But we went right on with the show |
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I've seen the lights go out on Broadway |
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I saw the ruins at my feet |
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You know we almost didn't notice it |
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We'd seen it all time on Forty-second Street |
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They burned the chuches up in Harlem |
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Like in the Spanish civil war |
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The flames were ev'rywhere |
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But no one really cared |
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It always burned up there before |
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I've seen the lights go out on Broadway |
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I watched the mighty skyline fall |
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The boats were waiting at the battery |
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The union went on strike |
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They never sailed at all |
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They sent a carrier out from Norfolk |
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And picked the Yankees up for free |
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They said that Queens could stay |
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And blew the Bronx away |
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And sank Manhattan out at sea |
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You know those lights were bright on Broadway |
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That was so many years ago |
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Before we all lived here in Florida |
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Before the Mafia took over Mexico |
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There are not many who remember |
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They say a handful still survive |
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To tell the world about |
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The way the lights went out |
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And keep the memory alive |
