Seen the lights go out on broadway 看到灯光在百老汇走出去

I saw the Empire State laid low 我看到帝国奠定低

And life went on beyond the Palisades 生活继续超越宝马山花园

They all bought Cadillacs 他们都买了凯迪拉克

And left there long ago 而离开那里很久以前

They held a concert out in Brooklyn 他们举行了一场音乐会在布鲁克林

To watch the island bridges blow 要观看岛屿的桥梁炸毁

They turned our power down 他们把我们的断电

And drove us underground 并把我们的地下

But we went right on with the show 但是，我们又对上了展会

   

I've seen the lights go out on Broadway 我见过的灯在百老汇走出去

I saw the ruins at my feet 我看到废墟在我脚下

You know we almost didn't notice it 你知道，我们几乎没有注意到它

We'd seen it all the time on Forty-second Street 我们会看到这一切的时候在第四十二街

They burned the chuches up in Harlem 他们烧了chuches在哈莱姆

Like in the Spanish civil war 像在西班牙内战

The flames were ev'rywhere 火焰是evrywhere

But no one really cared 但没有人真正关心

It always burned up there before 它总是烧掉了那里之前

   

I've seen the lights go out on Broadway 我见过的灯在百老汇走出去

I've watched the mighty skyline fall 我看过了强大的天际线下降

The boats were waiting at the battery 该艇被守候在电池

The union went on strike 工会举行罢工

They never sailed at all 他们从来没有航行在所有

They sent a carrier out from Norfolk 他们派出了载流子从诺福克

And picked the Yankees up for free 捡起洋基免费

They said that Queens could stay 他们说，皇后可以留

They blew the Bronx away 他们吹响了布朗克斯走

And sank Manhattan out at sea 而沉没曼哈顿出海

   

You know those lights were bright on Broadway 你知道那些灯在百老汇很亮

That was so many years ago 那是多年前

Before we all lived here in Florida 以前大家都住在这里在佛罗里达州

Before the Mafia took over Mexico 前黑手党接手墨西哥

There are not many who remember 不会有太多的谁记得

They say a handful still survive 他们说，极少数仍然生存

To tell the world about 要告诉世界

The way the lights went out 灯灭了的方式

And keep the memory alive 并保持内存活