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There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.

Billy Joel

every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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Life Relationship Rose
I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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Fun Laughing Song
Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
BILLY JOEL

Family Like Musician Tied
If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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Human Music Need Same Things
I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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Not Philosophy Righteous Sure
I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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People Retirement Retiring
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.
BILLY JOEL

Beautiful Down Gotta Life Years
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.
BILLY JOEL

Community People Writing
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.
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Humorous Men People
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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Boys Drinking Inspirational
I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
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Cheer Limos People
I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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Age Fighting Noble
There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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Couple Hard Times Years
More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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Art Literature Music
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 JOEL

About Affecting Going Remember Song Valley
You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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May Philosophy Right
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 JOEL

Angry Discontented Regret Relationship
Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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Moment Now South Trying
Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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Fine Slow Down Want
I said I love you and that’s forever And this I promise from the heart I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
BILLY JOEL

Anniversary Friendship Love
You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
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Money Overtime Pay Uncles Work
Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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Causes Giving Musician
She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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Cutting Evil Laughing
Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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Heart Love Lying
I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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House Jerry Sold
I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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Insanity Talking Winos
We’re on the verge of all things new.
BILLY JOEL

All Cerge Country New Things

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