《Variations on an Original Theme， Op.36 ’’Enigma’’ - Variation XIII (***) Romanza: Moderato》歌词

[00:00:00] Variations on an Original Theme, Op.36 ''Enigma'' - Variation XIII (***) Romanza: Moderato - Billy Joel (比利·乔尔)

[00:00:53] I've seen the lights go out on Broadway-

[00:00:59] I saw the Empire State laid low

[00:01:05] And life went on beyond the Palisades

[00:01:10] They all bought Cadillacs-

[00:01:13] And left there long ago

[00:01:17] We held a concert out in Brooklyn-

[00:01:23] To watch the Island bridges blow

[00:01:29] They turned our power down

[00:01:32] And drove us underground-

[00:01:35] But we went right on with the show

[00:01:50] I've seen the lights go out on Broadway-

[00:01:56] I saw the ruins at my feet

[00:02:01] You know we almost didn't notice it-

[00:02:06] We'd see it all the time on Forty-Second Street

[00:02:13] They burned the churches up in Harlem-

[00:02:19] Like in that Spanish Civil War-

[00:02:25] The flames were everywhere

[00:02:28] But no one really cared-

[00:02:31] It always burned up there before

[00:02:45] I've seen the rats lie down on Broadway-

[00:02:50] I watched the mighty skyline fall

[00:02:56] The boats were waiting at the Battery

[00:03:01] The union went on strike-

[00:03:03] They never sailed at all

[00:03:07] They sent a carrier out from Norfolk-

[00:03:13] And picked the Yankees up for free

[00:03:19] They said that Queens could stay

[00:03:22] They blew the Bronx away-

[00:03:25] And sank Manhattan out at sea

[00:03:39] You know those lights were bright on Broadway-

[00:03:45] But that was so many years ago

[00:03:51] Before we all lived here in Florida-

[00:03:56] Before the Mafia took over Mexico

[00:04:03] There are not many who remember-

[00:04:09] They say a handful still survive

[00:04:15] To tell the world about

[00:04:19] The way the lights went out

[00:04:22] And keep the memory alive