Текст песни Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway) (Billy Joel) с переводом

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 bright cadillacs-

And left there long ago

We 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 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…

I saw 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 to 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…

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