Recent Changes for "Allentown" - Rochester Wiki

Allentown

alexandergartley — 2009-09-21T17:15:56Z

removed duplicate wiki link to Rochester

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- '''Allentown''' is a song written by Billy Joel in 1982, to which many ["Pessimism" pessimistic] ["Rochester" Rochestarians] can relate.	+ '''Allentown''' is a song written by Billy Joel in 1982, to which many ["Pessimism" pessimistic] Rochestarians can relate.

Allentown

BradMandell — 2008-09-17T11:50:42Z

pull out copyrighted text llnk to page with the lyrics and video link to Pessimi

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- A song written by Billy Joel in 1982 that many Rochestarians can relate to.	+ '''Allentown''' is a song written by Billy Joel in 1982, to which many ["Pessimism" pessimistic] ["Rochester" Rochestarians] can relate.
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	+ Read the [http://www.lyricsdomain.com/2/billy_joel/allentown.html The Lyrics]
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- '''Lyrics'''	+ See also [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSrO_92cO2o Billy Joel Live in Russia] Video on YouTube with great, on point intro.
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- 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 had 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 face - - Well I'm living here in Allentown - And it's hard to keep a good man down - But I won't be getting up today - - And it's getting very hard to stay - And we're living here in Allentown - - - All you need to do is swap out Allentown for ["Rochester"] and slidein ["Kodak"] and it sounds like the song was written for Rochester.	+ All you need to do is swap out Allentown for ["Rochester"] and slide in ["Kodak"] and it sounds like the song was written for Rochester.

Allentown

JohnJoseph — 2008-01-16T01:09:04Z

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	+ A song written by Billy Joel in 1982 that many Rochestarians can relate to. + + + '''Lyrics''' + + 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 had 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 face + + Well I'm living here in Allentown + And it's hard to keep a good man down + But I won't be getting up today + + And it's getting very hard to stay + And we're living here in Allentown + + + All you need to do is swap out Allentown for ["Rochester"] and slidein ["Kodak"] and it sounds like the song was written for Rochester.