Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
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It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
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I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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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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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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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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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
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