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Intro

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.

They held a concert out in Brooklyn

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To watch the Island bridges blow.

They turned our power down

And drove us underground

But we went right on with the show

Interlude x2

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

Interlude x2

I've seen 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 at sea

Interlude x2

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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