I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
BILLY JOELWorking too hard can give you a heart-attack.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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.
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There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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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.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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We never could have come this far I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times I’ll take you just the way you are Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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