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Billy Joel is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and
pianist, commonly known as the “Piano Man.” He actively
wrote songs and lyrics that spoke about the current affair of
things,whichincludedsongsabouttheAmericanDreamorthe
lack thereof. Some of his famous hits are: We Didn’t Start the
Fire,UptownGirl,andthemostfamous,PianoMan.
BillyJoel,onthecoverofhisGreatestHitsalbum.▶
steel industry no longer had a competitive edge compared
to the rest of the world. Without industry, the Rust Belt no
(SteamWhistle)
longerhadanythinginstoreforthepeoplewholivedthere.
Well,we’relivinghereinAllentown
Andthey’reclosingallthefactoriesdown
OutinBethlehem,they’rekillingtime
Fillingoutforms
Standinginline
Well,ourfathersfoughttheSecondWorldWar
Well,we’rewaitinghereinAllentown
SpenttheirweekendsontheJerseyShore
ForthePennsylvaniaweneverfound
MetourmothersattheUSO
Forthepromisesourteachersgave
Askedthemtodance
Ifweworkedhard
Dancedwiththemslow
Ifwebehaved
Andwe’relivinghereinAllentown
Sothegraduationshangonthewall
Buttherestlessnesswashandeddown
Buttheyneverreallyhelpedusatall
Andit’sgettingveryhardtostay
No,theynevertaughtuswhatwasreal
Ironandcoke
Chromiumsteel
Andwe’rewaitinghereinAllentown
Verse1:
Butthey’vetakenallthecoalfromtheground
Andtheunionpeoplecrawledaway
ThefadeddreamsofanAmericanlife
Thesongstartsoffwiththesoundofasteamwhistle.This
was a call to the start of a workday. They were common in
Verse2:
factories and mills throughout America. It is suggestive of
Believeinthedream,butleftbehind
ordinaryindustriallifeofthemajorityofAmericanlaborers.
The people of Allentown were average Americans who
laid down their lives to serve their country and put faith in
OneofthekeyindustriesinPennsylvaniawascoalmining,
what their country promised them. They fought in WWII
and the American Dream promised the children of the
andcamebacktoAmericanotonlytojustlivetheAmerican
coal miners and steel mill workers that if they educated
dream,buttobuilditaswell.
themselves, they could land a comfy place in the world?or
However, this dream was not as long-lived as they had
atleastworkinthelocalindustryandmaintainthemiddle-
hoped. In just one or two generations following the end of
class life. However, even with an education, there was
theSecondWorldWar,theAmericansteelandcoal-mining
nowhere to go. The sustenance of their lifestyles comprised
industry declined, and by the early 1980s, when Allentown
of“ironandcoke,chromiumsteel”attheendoftheday,and
wasreleased,manyblue-collarworkerswereoutofjobsand
this was an industry in decline. Along with the fired steel
couldnolongerlivethelifetheydreamed.
workers,themechanizationofmanyofthecoal-miningjobs
The people in Allentown’s neighboring city, Bethlehem,
lefttheminersjoblessaswell.
“killingtime”and“fillingoutforms”aretheworkersofthe
TheworkerswerethebackboneoftheAmericaneconomy
steelfactoriestherethatcloseddownbecausetheAmerican
for the majority of the 20th century, but this backbone was
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