Allentown
by Billy Joel

Well, we're 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 in 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
Hey, hey, hey, oh whoa

Well, 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
Oh, no they never taught us what was real
Iron, 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
Hey, hey, hey

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, whoa

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
Hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey, whoa
And, it's getting very hard to stay
And, we're living here in Allentown
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Lyrics submitted by Ronda.