Billy Joel – Allentown lyrics

Machine*noises Steal*
*Noises Well*
we are living here in Allentown And
they're closing all the factories down Out
in Bethlehem they're killing time Filling
out forms standing, in line Well
our fathers fought the Second World War Spent
their weekends on the Jersey Shore Met
our mothers at the uso Asked
them to dance danced, with them slow And
we're living here in Allentown But

the restlessness was handed down And
it's getting very hard to stay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay Ayyyyyyyy-ayyyyy-ay.
Oh-oh-oh
Machine
*noises And*

we're waiting here in Allentown For
the Pennsylvania we never found For
the promises our teachers gave If
we worked hard if, we behaved So
the graduations hang on the wall But
they never really helped us at all No
they never taught us what was real Iron
and coke chromium, steel And
we're waiting here in Allentown But

they've taken all the coal from the ground And
the union people crawled away-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay Ayyyyyyyyy-ayyyyyy-ay
Every

child had a pretty good shot To
get at least as far as their old man got Something
happened on the way to that place They
threw an American flag in our face Ayyyyyyyyyy-ayyyyyyyyyy-ace
Oh-oh-oh
Machine
*noises Well*

I'm, living here in Allentown And
it's hard to keep a good man down But
I won't be getting up today-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay Ayyyyyyyyy-ayyyyyyy-ay
Instrumental

*break Ayyyyyyyyy-ayyyyyy-ay*
Oh-oh-oh
Machine
*noises And*
it's getting very hard to stay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay And
we're living here in Allentown Machine
*noises