We built this city
we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city
we built this city on rock and rollSay you don't know me or recognize my face
Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place
Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight
Too many runaways eating up the nightMarconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember?
We built this city, we built this city on rock and rollWe built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Someone's always playing corporation games
Who cares, they're always changing corporation names
We just want to dance here, someone stole the stage
They call us irresponsible, write us off the pageMarconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember?
We built this city, we built this city on rock and rollWe built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and rollIt's just another Sunday in a tired old street
Police have got the choke hold, oh, then we just lost the beatWho counts the money underneath the bar?
Who rides the wrecking ball into our guitars?
Don't tell us you need us 'cause we're the ship of fools
Looking for America, coming through your schools(I'm looking out over that Golden Gate bridge
on another gorgeous sunny Saturday and I'm seein' that bumper to bumper traffic)Don't you remember? (remember)
(Here's your favorite radio station, in your favorite radio city, the city by thebay, the city that rocks, the city that never sleeps)
Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember?
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
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