A parody on the song "Allentown," by Shifra Shomron

A Parody on the song " Allentown " – Billy Joel

By Shifra Shomron

19 years old

Nitzan Caravilla Site

17 Shvat 5767 (5th of February 2007)



Well we're living in a Shantytown

And everyone is really feeling down

At SELA we're all killing time

Filling out forms

Standing in line



Well our fathers fought the Yom Kippur War

Then they settled on the Gaza Shore

Built a house and planted a tree

Life was good

For each family



And we're living in a Shantytown

And the restlessness is all around

And it's getting very hard to stay



Well we're waiting in a Shantytown

'Cause our houses have been smashed to the ground

'Cause of the promises the leaders * gave

If we kept calm

If we behaved



So our backs are against the wall

Since the leaders * never helped us at all

No they still don't know what is real

G-d and faith

And cold hard steel



And we're waiting in a Shantytown

Uprooted from our beloved ground

And the leaders * all remain away



We hope that there is a pretty good shot

Of one day getting back what our fathers got

And we'll swiftly return to that place

With a victory smile on our face



Well I'm living in a Shantytown

And it's hard to keep a good Jew down

But it's a struggle to get up today

And it's getting very hard to stay

And we're living in a Shantytown

* The reference here is to the Govt. leaders

Billy Joel's Allentown lyrics

Well we're living here in Allentown
And they're closing all the factories down
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
Filling out forms
Standing in line


Well our fathers fought the Second World War
Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
Met our mothers in the USO
Asked them to dance
Danced with them slow


And we're living here in Allentown
But the restlessness was handed down
And it's getting very hard to stay


Well we're waiting here in Allentown
For the Pennsylvania we never found
For the promises our teachers gave
If we worked hard
If we behaved


So the graduations hang on the wall
But they never really helped us at all
No they never taught us what was real
Iron and coke
And chromium steel


And we're waiting here in Allentown
But they've taken all the coal from the ground
And the union people crawled away


Every child had a pretty good shot
To get at least as far as their old man got
But something happened on the way to that place
They threw an American flag in our face


Well I'm living here in Allentown
And it's hard to keep a good man down
But I won't be getting up today
And it's getting very hard to stay
And we're living here in Allentown