Richard Marx — Miami 2017

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....