[00:01.760]Seen the lights go out on broadway
[00:07.760]I saw the Empire State laid low
[00:14.120]And life went on beyond the Palisades
[00:18.640]They all bought Cadillacs
[00:21.960]And left there long ago
[00:26.700]They held a concert out in Brooklyn
[00:32.900]To watch the island bridges blow
[00:39.270]They turned our power down
[00:42.710]And drove us underground
[00:45.710]But we went right on with the show
[00:53.710]
[00:55.960]I've seen the lights go out on Broadway
[01:07.530]I saw the ruins at my feet
[01:13.770]You know we almost didn't notice it
[01:18.580]We'd seen it all time on Forty-second Street
[01:26.160]They burned the chuches up in Harlem
[01:32.790]Like in the Spanish civil war
[01:39.040]The flames were ev'rywhere
[01:42.360]But no one really cared
[01:45.660]It always burned up there before
[02:01.730]I've seen the lights go out on Broadway
[02:07.660]I watched the mighty skyline fall
[02:14.290]The boats were waiting at the battery
[02:19.600]The union went on strike
[02:22.100]They never sailed at all
[02:26.470]They sent a carrier out from Norfolk
[02:32.850]And picked the Yankees up for free
[02:39.100]They said that Queens could stay
[02:42.360]And blew the Bronx away
[02:45.600]And sank Manhattan out at sea
[03:00.230]
[03:01.290]You know those lights were bright on Broadway
[03:08.040]That was so many years ago
[03:15.050]Before we all lived here in Florida
[03:22.420]Before the Mafia took over Mexico
[03:27.550]There are not many who remember
[03:34.060]They say a handful still survive
[03:40.620]To tell the world about
[03:43.930]The way the lights went out
[03:47.300]And keep the memory alive

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
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 time on Forty-second Street
They burned the chuches up in Harlem
Like in the Spanish civil war
The flames were ev'rywhere
But no one really cared
It always burned up there before
I've 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 a carrier out from 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
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