Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
BILLY JOELI took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
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People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don’t wanna know about your technical problems, or if you’re not feeling good, they don’t wanna know we have a glitch. It’s their night, you better do something to earn that money.
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I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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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.
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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