Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) - Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - June 1980

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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 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
 Oh, oh, oh
 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 42nd 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
 Oh, oh, oh
 I've seen the rats lie down on Broadway
 Oh, 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 at sea, oh
 Oh, oh, oh
 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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Duration
05:04
Key
2
Tempo
165 BPM

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