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 JOELThey say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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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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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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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.
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So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
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This is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won’t although we’ll want to.
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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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Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
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Artist – musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
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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.
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