Lyrics:

Where were you when the lights went out
In New York City?
(I wanna know, I wanna know)
Where were you when the lights went out
In New York City?
Don't you know that I was making love?
(She was making love)
I remember on the 13th of July
The only light was the light up in the sky
New York had a black-out for twenty-five hours or more
And nobody really knows the reason why
Ooh, somebody pulled the plug out of the socket (The socket)
For safety's sake I went the door to lock it (To lock it)
So I took my lady by the hand
And led her to love land, love land, love land!
Ohh, Where were you when the lights went out
In New York City? (All over the town, yeah)
Where were you when the lights went out
In New York City?
Don't you know that I was making love?
(She was making love)
Ooh, sweet sweet love
(She was making love)

Central Park was jammed after dark
Innocent girls were robbed of their hearts
Population's gonna grow in nine months or so
Where will all the little-bitty babies go?
The politicians said it was a pity (A pity)
But that was the night they called New York 'Love City' (Love City)
So I took my lady by the hand
And led her to love land, love land, love land!
Where were you when the lights went out
In New York City? (I wanna know, yeah)
Where were you when the lights went out
In New York City?
Don't you know that I was making love?
(She was making love)
Ooh, sweet sweet love
(She was making love)
Ohh, do you remember what you did?
On this dark and humid night?
Eight million people in the city
Without a light in sight
Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
Oh, can you remember?

Where were you (Where were you?)
When the lights went out (Where were you?)
In New York City? (I wanna know, yeah)
Where were you (Where were you?)
When the lights went out (Where?)
In New York City?
Don't you know that I was making love
(She was making love)
Ohh, sweet, sweet love, yeah
(She was making love)
I wanna know
(She was making love)
Had my baby by the hand
(She was making love)
Led her to love land, yes I did
Oh, where were you?
On a crowded elevator?
Where were you?
Maybe an escalator?
Oh, where were you?
On a crowded bus, yeah (Where were you?)

Now, where were you? (Where were you?)
Maybe a train? (Where were you?)
Now, where were you? (Where were you?)
In a airplane, girl? (Where were you?)
Or maybe an office building? (Where were you?)
I wanna know, yeah
I was making love, yes I was
Alright
Alright
Or maybe at a disco?
When all the lights went out
(Check the plug, man!
Hey what's goin' on, man?
What's goin' on?
Ow! Stepped on my foot!
What's happened to the lights?
What happened to the music?
What happened to the music, man?
The sound went out!
Hey, what going on?
What's going on?
The whole city: no electricity!
We don't have any electricity!
What happened to the music?
The electric went out, man!
Somebody pull the plug?
Oh, man!
Hey man, I don't know why
I don't know why they'd do that
Let 'em keep grooving with the drums
Go on, groove, baby, groove!
C'mon baby!
Come on, come on, yeah!
Yo, that's groovy!
The electric will be on any minute y'all!
Ahh, yeah!
All the lights inside of New York City!
Ain't no time, no more
I can't see!)
Ohh, somebody pulled the plug
Out the socket
Ohh, for safety's sake
I went to the door to lock it
Population's gonna grow in nine months or so
Where will all the little-bitty babies go?
(I was making love
She was making love)
Ohh, politicians said it was a pity
But that was the night they called New York 'Love City'
Ohh, where were you?
Where were you?
And you, and you, and you, and you too!
Where were you?
Where were you?
When the lights went out in New York City?
I was making love
You was making love
She was making love
Everybody making love
Eight million people in the city
Everybody is making love
(See there's nothing else to do
You can't take no shower
You can't watch TV
You can't do nothing!)