Allentown Song

Upon its release and especially in subsequent years allentown emerged as an anthem of blue collar america representing both the aspirations and frustrations of america s working class in the late 20th century.

Allentown song. 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. Lyrics to allentown by billy joel. Jennifer harris from grand blanc mi this is my favorite billy joel song i like the sound effects in it i love the video too. 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.

Erik from bloomfield hills mi this song is actually about bethlehem but joel used the name allentown because he thought the name sounded better in the song. Allentown is a song by american singer billy joel which was the lead track on joel s the nylon curtain 1982 album accompanied by a conceptual music video. Jennifer harris from grand blanc mi this is my favorite billy joel song i like the sound effects in it i love the video too. The song is about the steel industry in pennsylvania and even though the title is allentown pa as there are no steel mills in allentown the lyrics are really talking about the city of bethlehem pa the bethlehem steel corporation and the decline of the american manufacturing industry in the late 1970 s which billy joel personally witnessed.

Erik from bloomfield hills mi this song is actually about bethlehem but joel used the name allentown because he thought the name sounded better in the song. Allentown is a song by american singer billy joel which was the lead track on joel s the nylon curtain 1982 album accompanied by a conceptual music video. Upon its release and especially in subsequent years allentown emerged as an anthem of blue collar america representing both the aspiration.