[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
