Lyrics - Miami 2017 (seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) by Joel Billy

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....-------------------------------------------------------+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Eric
Wincentsen267@ef.gc.maricopa.edu
Glendale
Community
College,
Glendale,
Arizona "
Give me ten wheels for
Jesus!" -
Elvis
Hitler+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-

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