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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 Joel

Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
BILLY JOEL

Law Night Order
Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
BILLY JOEL

Call Fool Moments
There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
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Islands Men Sea
You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
BILLY JOEL

Evil May Understanding
As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
BILLY JOEL

Atheists Evil Fear Problem Realize
Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
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Easy Harmonizing Needs Stage
So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
BILLY JOEL

Break Decision Make One Only
You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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Crazy Insanity Mind
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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Made Mistake Reality
She’s got a smile that heals me.
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Compliment Heal Smile
No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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Healing Matter Music
What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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Smart Unanswered Questions
Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
BILLY JOEL

Allowed Mistakes Sometimes Takes
People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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Believe Lying People
I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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Not Philosophy Righteous Sure
I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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Education Graduate School Self Teacher
I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
BILLY JOEL

Inspirational Motivational Music
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
Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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Art Honesty Kidding Part Truth
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
We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
BILLY JOEL

Forever Gone Insanity
This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
BILLY JOEL

Moments Past Relentless
Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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Courage Fighting Title
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.
BILLY JOEL

Causes Giving Musician
Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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Anybody Country Good Life
You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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Beer Relationship Yoga
There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
BILLY JOEL

Couple Hard Times Years

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.

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