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

Billy Joel

I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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Consistency Craftmanship Long Piano
There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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Life Other Stories Story
I’m in a New York state of mind
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Country Mind States
Usually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
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Around Long Sit Song Writing
Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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Creative Outlets Records
I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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Knows Play Said
Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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Food Junk People Sold
every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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Life Relationship Rose
I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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Man Rally Sweet Syre Younger
I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
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Matter Right Views Wrong
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
What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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Smart Unanswered Questions
Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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Listen Rocks Roll Vitality
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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Mean Opinion Singers
They 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.
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Believe Eye Sadness
I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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Mets Thinking Type
you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
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Crazy May might
There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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Conversation Paranoia Someone Talk Way
I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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Music Probably Reason Started Writing
What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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Believe Friendship Way
Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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Doors Opening People
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.
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Moments Past Relentless
And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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Old Share Told Truth
We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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Forever Gone Insanity
It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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Relationship Sorry Strong
We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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Dream Ocean Rivers
Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
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Giving Mind Waiting

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

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