Miami 2017 * Lyrics

The song Miami 2017 * is performed by Billy Joel in the album named My Lives in the year 2005 .



I've seen the lights go out on Broadway-
I saw the Empire State laid low.
And life went on beyond the Palisades,
They all bought Cadillacs-
And left there long ago.

We held a concert out in Brooklyn-
To watch the Island bridges blow.
They turned our power down,
And drove us underground-
But we went right on with the show...

I've seen the lights go out on Broadway-
I saw the ruins at my feet,
You know we almost didn't notice it-
We'd see it all the time on Forty-Second Street.

They burned the churches up in Harlem-
Like in that Spanish Civil War-
The flames were everywhere,
But no one really cared-
It always burned up there before...

I've seen the lights go down on Broadway-
I watched the mighty skyline fall.
The boats were waiting at the Battery,
The union went on strike-
They never sailed at all.

They sent a carrier out from Norfolk-
And picked the Yankees up for free.
They said that Queens could stay,
They blew the Bronx away-
And sank Manhattan out at sea....

You know those lights were bright on Broadway-
But that was so many years ago...
Before we all lived here in Florida-
Before the Mafia took over Mexico.
There are not many who remember-
They say a handful still survive...
To tell the world about...
The way the lights went out,
And keep the memory alive....



Billy Joel - My Lives

Nov 2005

  1. My Journey's End * - The Lost Souls
  2. Time And Time Again * – Lost Souls
  3. Every Step I Take (Every Move I Make) - The Hassles
  4. You’ve Got Me Hummin' - The Hassles
  5. Amplifier Fire – Attila
  6. Only A Man * (Demo, Never Released)
  7. She's Got A Way (Album Version)
  8. Oyster Bay * (Demo, Never Released)
  9. Piano Man * (Demo, Never Released)
  10. The Siegfried Line* (Demo, Never Released)
  11. New Mexico * (Demo, Never Released - Became “Worse Comes to Worst”)
  12. Cross To Bear * (Demo, Never Released)
  13. Miami 2017 * (Demo, Never Released)
  14. These Rhinestone Days * (Demo, Never Released – Became “I Loved These Days”)
  15. Everybody Has A Dream
  16. Only The Good Die Young * (Alternate Version, Never Released)
  17. Until The Night (Album Version)
  18. Zanzibar (Album Verison, Unfaded)
  19. It's Still Rock and Roll To Me (Album Version)
  20. Captain Jack * (Live Version, Never Released)
  21. The End Of The World * (Demo, Never Released -Became “Elvis Presley Blvd”)
  22. The Prime Of Your Life * (Demo, Never Released - Became "For Longest Time")
  23. She’s Right On Time (Album Version)
  24. Elvis Presley Blvd.
  25. Nobody Knows But Me
  26. An Innocent Man (album Version)
  27. Christie Lee * (Demo, Never Released)
  28. Easy Money (Album Version)
  29. And So It Goes * (Demo, Never Released)
  30. I'll Cry Instead (live)
  31. Keeping the Faith 12"
  32. Modern Woman (Album Version)
  33. Baby Grand with Ray Charles
  34. Getting Closer with Steve Winwood * (Alternate Version, Never released)
  35. House Of Blue Light
  36. Money Or Love * (Demo, Never Released)
  37. The Times They Are A Changin' (Live Album Version)
  38. The Downeaster “Alexa” (Album Version)
  39. I Go To Extremes * (Live, Never Released)
  40. Shout
  41. All Shook Up
  42. Heartbreak Hotel
  43. When You Wish Upon A Star
  44. In A Sentimental Mood
  45. Motorcycle Song * (Demo, Never Released - Became “All About Soul”)
  46. You Picked A Real Bad Time
  47. The River Of Dreams * (Alternate Version, Never Released)
  48. Hard Days Night
  49. Light As The Breeze
  50. To Make You Feel My Love
  51. Hey Girl
  52. Why Should I Worry
  53. Where Were You On Our Wedding Day (album version)
  54. Highway 61 Revisited * (Demo, Never Released)
  55. Movin’ Out
  56. You May Be Right duet with Elton John * (Live, Never Released)
  57. Big Shot
  58. Don’t Worry Baby
  59. Goodnight Saigon – Vietnam Veterans Version
  60. Los Angelenos
  61. New York State Of Mind
  62. Opus 1. Soliloquy (On A Separation)
  63. Opus 8. Suite For Piano (Star Crossed)
  64. Elegy: The Great Peconic
  65. No Man's Land
  66. Pressure
  67. Ballad Of Billy The Kid
  68. Leningrad
  69. Allentown
  70. My Life
  71. I Go To Extremes
  72. Shades Of Grey
  73. The River Of Dreams
  74. Goodnight Saigon
  75. We Didn't Start the Fire
  76. Hard Days Night
  77. Big Shot
  78. Piano Man

Miami 2017 *