Miami 2017 - Demo - 1975

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...
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 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...
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 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...
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 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...