Allentown Lyrics

Intro:
Well we're living here in Allen - town
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 US - O
Asked them to dance,
Danced with them slow
And we're living here in Allen - town
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But the restlessness was handed down
And it's getting very hard to stay - ay - ay - ay
Well we're waiting here in Allen - town
For the Pennsylvania we never found
For the promises our teachers gave
If we worked hard ,
If we be - haved
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 Allen - town
But they've taken all the coal from the ground
And the union people crawled a - way - ay - ay - ay
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Every child had a pretty good shot
To get at least as far as their old man got
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But something happened on the way to that place
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They threw an A - merican flag in our face
Well I'm living here in Allen - town
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And it's hard to keep a good man down
But I won't be getting up to - day - ay - ay - ay
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And it's getting very hard to stay - ay - ay - ay
And we're living here in Allen - town
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