Allentown

Allentown Lyrics

Song Allentown
Artist Billy Joel
Album KOHUEPT (Live in Leningrad)
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[00:01] Allentown
[00:04] Billy Joel
[00:16][00:09]
[00:18] Well we're living here in Allentown
[00:22] And they're closing all the factories down
[00:27] Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
[00:30] Filling out forms
[00:32] Standing in line
[00:35] Well our fathers fought the Second World War
[00:39] Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
[00:43] Met our mothers at the USO
[00:47] Asked them to dance
[00:49] Danced with them slow
[00:52] And we're living here in Allentown
[00:55]
[00:56] But the restlessness was handed down
[01:00] And it's getting very hard to stay
[01:16][01:08]
[01:19] Well we're waiting here in Allentown
[01:23] For the Pennsylvania we never found
[01:27] For the promises our teachers gave
[01:31] If we worked hard
[01:33] If we behaved
[01:36] So the graduations hang on the wall
[01:40] But they never really helped us at all
[01:44] No they never taught us what was real
[01:48] Iron and coke
[01:50] And chromium steel
[02:10][01:56]
[01:53] And we're waiting here in Allentown
[01:57] But they've taken all the coal from the ground
[02:01] And the union people crawled away
[02:15] Every child has a pretty good shot
[02:19] To get at least as far as their old man got
[02:23] But something happened on the way to that place
[02:27] They threw an American flag in our place
[02:39][02:33]
[02:42] Well I'm living here in Allentown
[02:46] And it's hard to keep a good man down
[02:51] But I won't be getting up today
[03:23][03:11][03:04][02:59]
[03:27] And it's getting very hard to stay
[03:33] And we're living here in Allentown
[00:01] Allentown
[00:04] Billy Joel
[00:16][00:09]
[00:18] Well we re living here in Allentown
[00:22] And they re closing all the factories down
[00:27] Out in Bethlehem they re killing time
[00:30] Filling out forms
[00:32] Standing in line
[00:35] Well our fathers fought the Second World War
[00:39] Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
[00:43] Met our mothers at the USO
[00:47] Asked them to dance
[00:49] Danced with them slow
[00:52] And we re living here in Allentown
[00:55]
[00:56] But the restlessness was handed down
[01:00] And it s getting very hard to stay
[01:16][01:08]
[01:19] Well we re waiting here in Allentown
[01:23] For the Pennsylvania we never found
[01:27] For the promises our teachers gave
[01:31] If we worked hard
[01:33] If we behaved
[01:36] So the graduations hang on the wall
[01:40] But they never really helped us at all
[01:44] No they never taught us what was real
[01:48] Iron and coke
[01:50] And chromium steel
[02:10][01:56]
[01:53] And we re waiting here in Allentown
[01:57] But they ve taken all the coal from the ground
[02:01] And the union people crawled away
[02:15] Every child has a pretty good shot
[02:19] To get at least as far as their old man got
[02:23] But something happened on the way to that place
[02:27] They threw an American flag in our place
[02:39][02:33]
[02:42] Well I m living here in Allentown
[02:46] And it s hard to keep a good man down
[02:51] But I won t be getting up today
[03:23][03:11][03:04][02:59]
[03:27] And it s getting very hard to stay
[03:33] And we re living here in Allentown
[00:01] Allentown
[00:04] Billy Joel
[00:16][00:09]
[00:18] Well we re living here in Allentown
[00:22] And they re closing all the factories down
[00:27] Out in Bethlehem they re killing time
[00:30] Filling out forms
[00:32] Standing in line
[00:35] Well our fathers fought the Second World War
[00:39] Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
[00:43] Met our mothers at the USO
[00:47] Asked them to dance
[00:49] Danced with them slow
[00:52] And we re living here in Allentown
[00:55]
[00:56] But the restlessness was handed down
[01:00] And it s getting very hard to stay
[01:16][01:08]
[01:19] Well we re waiting here in Allentown
[01:23] For the Pennsylvania we never found
[01:27] For the promises our teachers gave
[01:31] If we worked hard
[01:33] If we behaved
[01:36] So the graduations hang on the wall
[01:40] But they never really helped us at all
[01:44] No they never taught us what was real
[01:48] Iron and coke
[01:50] And chromium steel
[02:10][01:56]
[01:53] And we re waiting here in Allentown
[01:57] But they ve taken all the coal from the ground
[02:01] And the union people crawled away
[02:15] Every child has a pretty good shot
[02:19] To get at least as far as their old man got
[02:23] But something happened on the way to that place
[02:27] They threw an American flag in our place
[02:39][02:33]
[02:42] Well I m living here in Allentown
[02:46] And it s hard to keep a good man down
[02:51] But I won t be getting up today
[03:23][03:11][03:04][02:59]
[03:27] And it s getting very hard to stay
[03:33] And we re living here in Allentown
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