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Billy Joel

I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
BILLY JOEL

Country Musical Tragedy
You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
BILLY JOEL

Enrich Expressions Kids Songs
What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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Smart Unanswered Questions
Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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Allowed Mistakes Sometimes Takes
I’ve crashed my car three times.
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Believe Times Car Three
Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
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Everybody Loneliness Love Somehow
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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Cheer Limos People
Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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Family Like Musician Tied
You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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Hard Old Rock Roll
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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Atheists Evil Fear Problem Realize
You can linger too long in your dreams.
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Dream Linger Long
You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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Beats Hate Only
She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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Compliment Eye Smile
If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
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Dream Imagination Mind
If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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Kids Kids Want Something Tell
They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
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Known Life Only Time
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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Humorous Men People
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.
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Graduation Help Real Teacher Wall
They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
BILLY JOEL

Drink Expression Loneliness
I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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Beautiful Heard Record Song Writing
If it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
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Causes Past Way
Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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Honesty Insanity Lonely
In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
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Birthday Business Jobs Crazy Song
I’m in a New York state of mind
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Country Mind States
Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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Musician Position Thinking Unlikely
Hope you don’t think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I’m a piano player. I’m already unplugged.
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Music Player Thinking
I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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People Retirement Retiring

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