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New Year's 2017

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I saw the lights go out Broadway
I saw the Empire State laid low
And life went on beyond the Palisades
They all bought Cadillacs
And left here long ago

They 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 seen it all the time on Forty-Second Street

They burned the churches up in Harlem
Like in the Spanish Civil War
The flames were everywhere
But no one seemed to care
It always burned up there before

I've seen the lights go out on broadway
I watched that 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 of Norfolk
And picked the Yankees up for free
They said that Queens could stay
And blew the Bronx away
And sank Manhattan out at sea

You know those lights were bright on Broadway
But that was many years ago
Before we all lived here in Florida
Before the mafia took over Mexico

There aren't too 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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from Rad Holiday Songz! (2015​-​2020), released October 13, 2021
Songwriter: Billy Joel

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