I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
BILLY JOELRemember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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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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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
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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!
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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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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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I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
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I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
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I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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I’m in a New York state of mind
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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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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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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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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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