There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
BILLY JOELWell we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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I keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
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Call you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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