Allentown

Billy Joel

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3x 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 u> 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 - ay - ay SOLO> (4x) And it’s getting very hard to stay And we’re living here in Allentown

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Cette chanson retrace la réalité difficile de la vie dans une ville où les usines ferment les unes après les autres. Les personnages évoquent le souvenir d’une époque où leur famille luttait pour le pays, espérant un avenir meilleur pour leurs enfants. Mais la désillusion s'est installée avec le temps, laissant place à un sentiment d'impuissance face à des promesses non tenues. Ils se retrouvent dans une attente pesante, aspirant à quelque chose qui leur échappe, et réalisent qu'ils ont été trahis par les rêves de prospérité qui leur avaient été vendus. La lutte pour rester debout devient de plus en plus ardue dans ce contexte de déclin industriel.

Le Chansonnier