WELL, WE'RE LIVING
HERE IN ALLENTOWN
AND THEY'RE CLOSING
ALL THE FATORIES DOWN
OUT IN BETHLEHEM
THEY'RE KILLING TIME
FILLING OUT FORMS
STANDING IN LINE
WELL, OUR FATHERS FOUGHT
THE SEOND WORLD WAR
SPENT THEIR WEEKENDS
ON THE JERSEY SHORE
MET OUR MOTHERS
IN THE U.S.O.
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.....
HEY, HEY, OH-HO
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
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.....
HEY, HEY
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 AMERIAN
FLAG IN OUR FACE.....
OH-WOAH-HO
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..... HEY, HEY
HEY, HEY, HEY
OH-WOAH
AND IT'S GETTING
VERY HARD TO STAY...
AND WE'RE LIVING
HERE IN ALLENTOWN