[00:01.000] Allentown [00:04.000] Billy Joel [00:18.000] Well we＇re living here in Allentown [00:22.000] And they＇re closing all the factories down [00:27.000] Out in Bethlehem they＇re killing time [00:30.000] Filling out forms [00:32.000] Standing in line [00:35.000] Well our fathers fought the Second World War [00:39.000] Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore [00:43.000] Met our mothers at the USO [00:47.000] Asked them to dance [00:49.000] Danced with them slow [00:52.000] And we＇re living here in Allentown [00:56.000] But the restlessness was handed down [01:00.000] And it＇s getting very hard to stay [01:19.000] Well we＇re waiting here in Allentown [01:23.000] For the Pennsylvania we never found [01:27.000] For the promises our teachers gave [01:31.000] If we worked hard [01:33.000] If we behaved [01:36.000] So the graduations hang on the wall [01:40.000] But they never really helped us at all [01:44.000] No they never taught us what was real [01:48.000] Iron and coke [01:50.000] And chromium steel [01:53.000] And we＇re waiting here in Allentown [01:57.000] But they＇ve taken all the coal from the ground [02:01.000] And the union people crawled away [02:15.000] Every child has a pretty good shot [02:19.000] To get at least as far as their old man got [02:23.000] But something happened on the way to that place [02:27.000] They threw an American flag in our place [02:42.000] Well I＇m living here in Allentown [02:46.000] And it＇s hard to keep a good man down [02:51.000] But I won＇t be getting up today [03:27.000] And it＇s getting very hard to stay [03:33.000] And we＇re living here in Allentown