We Built This City

We built this city We built this city on rock and roll Built this city We built this city on rock and roll 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 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 page Marconi plays the mamba Listen to the radio Don't you remember? We built this city We built this city on rock an' 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 writes the wrecking ball into our guitars? Don't tell us you need us 'cause we're just simple 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, 'member (It's your favorite radio station in your favorite radio city) (The city by the bay, 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 an' 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, yeah (Built this city) we built, we built this city We built, we built this city, yeah (Built this city) we built, we built this city We built, we built this city, yeah (Built this city) we built, we built this city We built, we built this city, yeah (Built this city) we built, we built this city