Miami 2017 (I've Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway) [Live] - Billy Joel

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...