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 JOELI 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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But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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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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I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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I’m single but interviewing.
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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
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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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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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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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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
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