Translation:
New York City is dying
That apple has a rotten core. It’s a wonder it hasn’t sunk into the East river
Kill the unholy beast!
Will the buildings be torn down for solar farms or maybe converted into solar towers since you have to get up high to get the sunlight?
They didn’t read the memo
DO NOT REMOVE THE RING & PIN
You know those lights were bright on Broadway
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 (Miami 2017 - Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
(Written in 1975)