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Billy Joel - Allentown Lyrics

Billy Joel Allentown lyrics is the 19th song on the album "The Complete Hits Collection: 1973-1997 Limited Edition" by Billy Joel. The "Allentown" lyrics by Billy Joel are displayed below.
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Allentown by Billy Joel

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*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*

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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 coal, 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*

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