Chorus
We built this city we built this city on rock an' roll
Built this city we built this city on rock an' 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

Bridge
Marconi plays the mamba listen to the radio
Don't you remember
We built this city we built this city on rock an' roll

Repeat chorus

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 us off the page

Repeat bridge

Repeat chorus

It's just another sunday in a tired old street
Police have got the choke hold oh and 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 just simple fools
Looking for america crawling through your schools

(i'm looking out over that golden gate bridge
Out on a gorgeous sunny saturday i've seen that bumper-to-bumper traffic)

Don't you remember (remember)

(here's your favorite radio station in your favorite radio city
The city by the bay the city that rocks the city that never sleeps)

Repeat bridge

Repeat chorus twice

(we built we built this city) built this city (we built we built this city)
Repeat to fade