Allentown - 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 
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 
And 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 
Every child has 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 place 
Well I'm living here in Allentown 
And it's hard to keep a good man down 
But I won't be getting very hard to stay 
And we're living here in Allentown