Allentown

Billy Joel
Kar by Kevin van Houten (KvH) 3-August-2001
~aka~ Grishnak

By Billy Joel
Generated by NoteWorthy Composer

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 U.S.O.
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-ayayay-ayayay-ayayay-ayayay

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
No they never taught us what was real
Iron and 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-ayayay-ayayay-ayayay-ayayay

Ev'ry child had a pretty good shot
To get at least as far as their old man got
But something happened on the way to that place
They threw an American flag in our face

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-ayayay-ayayay-ayayay-ayayay~~~~~~ay

Yes, it's getting very hard~ to
stay-ayayay-ayayay-ayayay
And we're living here in Allentown

Allentown
Soft karaoke
Words
Lead
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Drums
Cymbals