Billy Joel - Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway) (from Old Grey Whistle Test)

Billy Joel “Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)" from Old Grey Whistle Test Listen to Billy Joel: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/playlist Available for the first time digitally, Billy Joel Tonight is one of the earliest official video documents of Billy Joel in concert, recorded live at the University of Connecticut over two nights in 1976. Here, Billy and his band play songs from the recently released Turnstiles, plus favorites from his growing catalog of classic songs. Follow Billy Joel: Facebook: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/facebookFI Instagram: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/instagramII Twitter: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/twitterTI Website: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/websiteWI Subscribe to Billy Joel: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/subscribe Lyrics: Seen the lights go out 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 the time on Forty second street They burned the churches down in Harlem Like in that Spanish civil war The flames were everywhere But no one really cared It always burned up there before I've seen the lights go out on Broadway I saw 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 #BillyJoel #Miami2017 #PianoMan