We built this city   We built this city on rock and roll   We 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   We 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   We 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, 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   'Cause we're just simple fools   Looking for America   Calling 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      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   We built this city   We built this city on rock and roll