[00:42.86]Seen the lights go out on broadway
[00:48.86]I saw the Empire State laid low
[00:55.22]And life went on beyond the Palisades
[00:59.74]They all bought Cadillacs
[01:03.06]And left there long ago
[01:07.80]They held a concert out in Brooklyn
[01:14.00]To watch the island bridges blow
[01:20.37]They turned our power down
[01:23.81]And drove us underground
[01:26.81]But we went right on with the show
[01:34.81]
[01:37.06]I've seen the lights go out on Broadway
[01:48.63]I saw the ruins at my feet
[01:54.87]You know we almost didn't notice it
[01:59.68]We'd seen it all time on Forty-second Street
[02:07.26]They burned the chuches up in Harlem
[02:13.89]Like in the Spanish civil war
[02:20.14]The flames were ev'rywhere
[02:23.46]But no one really cared
[02:26.76]It always burned up there before
[02:42.83]I've seen the lights go out on Broadway
[02:48.76]I watched the mighty skyline fall
[02:55.39]The boats were waiting at the battery
[03:00.70]The union went on strike
[03:03.20]They never sailed at all
[03:07.57]They sent a carrier out from Norfolk
[03:13.95]And picked the Yankees up for free
[03:20.20]They said that Queens could stay
[03:23.46]And blew the Bronx away
[03:26.70]And sank Manhattan out at sea
[03:41.33]
[03:42.39]You know those lights were bright on Broadway
[03:49.14]That was so many years ago
[03:56.15]Before we all lived here in Florida
[04:03.52]Before the Mafia took over Mexico
[04:08.65]There are not many who remember
[04:15.16]They say a handful still survive
[04:21.72]To tell the world about
[04:25.03]The way the lights went out
[04:28.40]And keep the memory alive