The City that Lights the World
Susan is a pinhead
Doesn't matter what she says
It's written on the wall
Right down by the water's edge--
Where the old canal once flowed
Before they filled it in
So we could have a place to bowl
Mont Pleasant, Linton
Proctor's, Union
State Street
And the first broadcast of television
We got a rose garden, and a Central Park too
If it snows tonight
Meet me at Devil's Hill
CHORUS
You passed it going somewhere else
That long name you can't pronounce
There ain't much left today
But it's my hometown anyway
Born in the city that lights and hauls the world
Thomas Alva Edison
I think you probably heard of him
Started a little company
Today we call it G.E.
He's the one who bottled up the sun
Changed the way we live
By bringing light to everyone
Down by the river used to be ALCO
They built the first steam transcontinental railroad
Named it Jupiter--it was out of this world!
Then D-Day came
And took all the jobs with 'em
CHORUS
You passed it going somewhere else
That long name you can't pronounce
There ain't much left today
But it's my hometown anyway
Once called the city that lights and hauls the world
This town gets a bad rap
Can barely find it on a map
Stuck between the Catskills
And the Adirondacks
That's right--where the old canal once flowed
Before they filled it in
So we could have a place to bowl
Before they filled it in
So we could have a place to bowl
Before they filled it in
So we could have a place to bowl