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....
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