[00:18.760] Well we're living here in Allentown [00:23.070] And they're closing all the factories down [00:27.140] Out in Bethlehem they're killing time [00:31.070] Filling out forms [00:32.890] Standing in line [00:35.890] Well our fathers fought the Second World War [00:39.770] Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore [00:44.080] Met our mothers in the USO [00:47.890] Asked them to dance [00:49.950] Danced with them slow [00:52.900] And we're living here in Allentown [00:56.960] But the restlessness was handed down [01:01.200] And it's getting very hard to stay [01:13.830] Well we're waiting here in Allentown [01:24.330] For the Pennsylvania we never found [01:28.330] For the promises our teachers gave [01:32.390] If we worked hard [01:34.210] If we behaved [01:36.770] So the graduations hang on the wall [01:40.960] But they never really helped us at all [01:44.960] No they never taught us what was real [01:48.950] Iron and coke [01:50.760] And chromium steel [01:53.830] And we're waiting here in Allentown [01:58.400] But they've taken all the coal from the ground [02:02.140] And the union people crawled away [02:16.390] Every child had a pretty good shot [02:20.020] To get at least as far as their old man got [02:24.280] But something happened on the way to that place [02:28.410] They threw an American flag in our face [02:33.660] Well living here in AllentownI'm [02:47.740] And it's hard to keep a good man down [02:51.680] But I won't be getting up today [03:28.240] And it's getting very hard to stay [03:34.300] And we're living here in Allentown