Billy Joel on retirement
“I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.”
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You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
Billy JoelBilly Joel It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
Billy JoelBilly Joel Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
Billy JoelBilly Joel She’s got a smile that heals me.
Billy JoelBilly Joel I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
Billy JoelBilly Joel And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
Billy JoelBilly Joel I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
Billy JoelBilly Joel I haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
Billy JoelBilly Joel What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
Billy JoelBilly Joel What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
Billy JoelBilly Joel There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
Billy JoelBilly Joel Well 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.
Billy JoelBilly Joel There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
Billy JoelBilly Joel If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
Billy JoelBilly Joel My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
Billy JoelBilly Joel I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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