專輯：陌生人 (The Stranger)
歌曲：Miami 2017
(Seen The Lights Go Out On
Broadway) (Live Version)
作詞：Billy Joel
作曲：Billy Joel
I 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
To watch the island
bridges blow.
They turned our power down,
And drove us underground,
But we went right on
with the show.
Oooh.
I 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.
Ooh. Oh Oh Ooh.
I 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 the 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.
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.
