We built this city We built this city on rock and roll Built this city We built this city on rock and roll Say you don't know me or recognize my face Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight Too many runaways eating up the night Marconi plays the mambo, listen to the radio Don't you remember? We built this city We built this city on rock and roll We built this city We built this city on rock and roll Built this city We built this city on rock and roll Someone's always playing corporation games Who cares, they're always changing corporation names We just want to dance here, someone stole the stage They call us irresponsible, write us off the page Marconi plays the mambo, listen to the radio Don't you remember? We built this city We built this city on rock and roll We built this city We built this city on rock and roll Built this city We built this city on rock and roll It's just another Sunday (Oh oh) In a tired old street (Oh oh) Police have got the choke hold, oh Then we just lost the beat Marconi plays the mambo, listen to the radio Don't you remember? We built this city We built this city on rock and roll We built this city (Oh oh oh oh) We built this city on rock and roll Built this city (Oh oh oh oh) We built this city on rock We built this city We built this city on rock and roll Built this city We built this city on rock and roll Whoa oh We built this city