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The Trammps - When The Lights Went Out (in New York City)

(hook)
Where were you when the lights went out
In New York City
(I wanna know, I wanna know)
Where were you when the lights went out
In New York City
Don't you know that I was making love
(She was making love)

(1st verse)
I remember on the 13th of July
The only light was the light up in the sky
New York had black-out for 25 hours or more
And nobody really knows the reason why
Ooh, somebody called it love down on the socket (The socket)
It was safe to say I went the door to lock it (To lock it)
So I took my lady by the hand
And led her to loveland, loveland, loveland!

(hook)
Where were you when the lights went out
In New York City (All over the town, yeah)
Where were you when the lights went out
In New York City
Don't you know that I was making love
(She was making love)
Ooh, sweet making love
(She was making love)

(2nd verse)
Central Park was jammed after dark
Innocent girl from love above the
What the nation's gonna grow in nine months or so
Where we all a little bit baby-boom
Politicians said it was a pity (A pity)
But that was the night they call it love city (Love city)
So I took my lady by the hand
And led her to loveland, loveland, loveland!

(hook)
Where were you when the lights went out
In New York City (I wanna know, yeah)
Where were you when the lights went out
In New York City
Don't you know that I was making love
(She was making love)
Ooh, sweet making love
(She was making love)

(3rd verse)
can you remember what you did
on this dark and humid night?
8 million people in the city
without a light in sight?
Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
Oh, can you remember?

(hook)
Where were you when the lights went out
In New York City (I wanna know, yeah)
Where were you when the lights went out (Where?)
In New York City

(middle 8)
Don't you know that I was making love
(She was making love)
Oh, sweet, sweet love, yeah
(She was making love)
I wanna know
(She was making love)
Have a baby by the hand
(She was making love)
Led her to loveland, yes I did
Oh, where were you?
On a crowded elevator?
Where were you?
Or maybe an escalator?
Where were you?
On a crowded bus, yeah?
Where were you?
Maybe a train?
Where were you?
In an Airplane, yeah?
Where were you?
Or maybe an office building?
I wanna know, yeah.
I was making love, yes I was.
Alright, alright.
Or maybe at a Disco
when all the lights when out?