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
Chorus:
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 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 in two rock guitars
Don't tell us you need us, 'cos we're the
ship of fools
Looking for America, coming through your
schools
Don't you remember ('member)('member)
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) built this city (we built, we built this city)