Say 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 night

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

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 out us off the page

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

It's just another Sunday
In a tired old street
Police have got the choke hold
Oh, then we just lost the beat

Who counts the money underneath the bar
Who rides the wrecking ball into our guitars
Don't tell us you need us, 'cos we're the ship of fools
Looking for America, crawling through your schools

Don't you remember
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

We built, we built this city
We built, we built this city
We built, we built this city
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