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

Ma Coley plays the mamba
Listen to the radio don't you remember
We built this city
We built this city on rock an' roll

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

We built this city
We built this city on rock an' roll
Built this city
We built this city on rock an' 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 just simple fools
Looking for America, coming through your schools

I'm looking out over that Golden Gate bridge
Out on a gorgeous sunny Saturday
I've seen that low amount of 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

Ma Coley plays the mamba
Listen to the radio don't you remember
We built this city
We built this city on rock an' roll

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

(We built, we built this city)
Built this city
(We built, we built this city