Richard Marx - Miami 2017 lyrics

I've seen the lights go out on broadway,

I saw the Empire State laid low.

And life went on beyond the Palacades.

They all bought Cadillacs,

Left here 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,

it happens all the time

On 42nd 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've seen the lights go out on Broadway,

And 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 right on Broadway

That was so many years ago.

Before we all lived 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.