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Well we're living here in Allentown
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And they're closing all the factories down
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Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
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Filling out fo-rms
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Standing in li-ine
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Well our fathers fought the second World War
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Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
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Met our mothers in the USO
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Asked them to da-ance
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Danced with them slo-ow
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And we're living here in Allentown
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But the restlessness was handed down
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And it's getting very hard to sta---a----a----a----ay
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Sta-a-ay