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A stone lady we once knewUna dama de piedra que una vez conocimos

On Second AvenueEn la Segunda Avenida

Loved her childrenAmaba a sus hijos

And taught them to use their handsY les enseñaba a usar sus manos

She was always dressed in graySiempre vestía de gris

But her insides were bright as dayPero por dentro brillaba como el día

Any child of hers would understandCualquier hijo suyo entendería

But the DPS couldn't botherPero el DPS no pudo molestarse

To save our alma materEn salvar nuestra alma mater

It seems that they were no longer impressedParece que ya no estaban impresionados

With her backbone of eight floorsCon su espinazo de ocho pisos

And her heavy wooden doorsY sus pesadas puertas de madera

Never thought we'd live to see her laid to restNunca pensamos verla descansar en paz

But our lady sure grew olderPero nuestra dama ciertamente envejeció

And she was given the cold shoulderY fue ignorada

And was forgotten by the people of her townY olvidada por la gente de su ciudad

She was a gleaming work of artEra una obra de arte reluciente

But her copper veins were pulled apartPero sus venas de cobre fueron desgarradas

And our great lady, she crumbled to the groundY nuestra gran dama, se derrumbó al suelo

And it's hard to understandY es difícil entender

How what used to be a wonderlandCómo lo que solía ser un país de las maravillas

Could be abandoned and left in such decayPodría ser abandonado y dejado en tal decadencia

Because somebody wrote a checkPorque alguien escribió un cheque

To demolish Cass TechPara demoler Cass Tech

Ten years short of her hundredth name dayDiez años antes de su centésimo cumpleaños