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

Ma Coley 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'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

Ma Coley 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

Well if you got the toco

Oh then we just lost the beat

Who counts the money underneath the bar

Who writes the wrecking ball in two wild guitars

Don't tell us you need us 'cause we're simple fools

Looking for America coming through your schools

Don't you remember

Ma Coley 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 then

We built we built this city

We built we built this city