所属专辑:The Essential Billy Joel 3.0
歌手: Billy Joel
时长: 05:12
Seen the lights go out on broadway[00:00:42]
看过百老汇的霓虹灯光[00:00:48]
I saw the Empire State laid low[00:00:48]
过去帝国大厦还不曾出名[00:00:55]
And life went on beyond the Palisades[00:00:55]
人们在帕利塞德沿岸生活着[00:00:59]
They all bought Cadillacs[00:00:59]
开着凯迪拉克[00:01:03]
And left there long ago[00:01:03]
很久以前就离开了那里[00:01:07]
They held a concert out in Brooklyn[00:01:07]
他们到布鲁克林举办音乐会[00:01:13]
To watch the island bridges blow[00:01:13]
看着岛屿上的桥梁[00:01:20]
They turned our power down[00:01:20]
他们关掉我们的音乐[00:01:23]
And drove us underground[00:01:23]
赶我们下台[00:01:26]
But we went right on with the show[00:01:26]
可我们依然坚持表演[00:01:37]
I've seen the lights go out on Broadway[00:01:37]
我曾见过百老汇绚丽的灯光[00:01:48]
I saw the ruins at my feet[00:01:48]
看着脚下的废墟[00:01:54]
You know we almost didn't notice it[00:01:54]
几乎把这些给忽略了[00:01:59]
We'd seen it all time on Forty-second Street[00:01:59]
我们见证了四十二街的一切[00:02:07]
They burned the chuches up in Harlem[00:02:07]
哈雷姆区所有的教堂都被烧毁[00:02:13]
Like in the Spanish civil war[00:02:13]
就像西班牙内战[00:02:20]
The flames were ev'rywhere[00:02:20]
到处都是火焰[00:02:23]
But no one really cared[00:02:23]
但没有人在乎[00:02:26]
It always burned up there before[00:02:26]
过去那儿总被烧毁[00:02:42]
I've seen the lights go out on Broadway[00:02:42]
我曾见过百老汇绚丽的灯光[00:02:48]
I watched the mighty skyline fall[00:02:48]
看着天塌下来[00:02:55]
The boats were waiting at the battery[00:02:55]
船只在巴特里等待着[00:03:00]
The union went on strike[00:03:00]
工会继续罢工[00:03:03]
They never sailed at all[00:03:03]
船只从未航行[00:03:07]
They sent a carrier out from Norfolk[00:03:07]
他们从诺福克派出一艘航母[00:03:13]
And picked the Yankees up for free[00:03:13]
免费搭载美国佬[00:03:20]
They said that Queens could stay[00:03:20]
他们说皇后区可以留下[00:03:23]
And blew the Bronx away[00:03:23]
布朗克斯就不要留了[00:03:26]
And sank Manhattan out at sea[00:03:26]
曼哈顿呢就沉入海底吧[00:03:42]
You know those lights were bright on Broadway[00:03:42]
你知道在过去,百老汇的灯光很绚丽[00:03:49]
That was so many years ago[00:03:49]
但那是多年以前[00:03:56]
Before we all lived here in Florida[00:03:56]
早在我们住在佛罗里达州之前[00:04:03]
Before the Mafia took over Mexico[00:04:03]
早在黑手党占据墨西哥之前[00:04:08]
There are not many who remember[00:04:08]
没有很多人能够记得[00:04:15]
They say a handful still survive[00:04:15]
他们说有大群人存活下来[00:04:21]
To tell the world about[00:04:21]
告诉世人[00:04:25]
The way the lights went out[00:04:25]
关于绚丽灯光的故事[00:04:28]
And keep the memory alive[00:04:28]
让回忆流传[00:04:33]