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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 Joel

Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
BILLY JOEL

Anyway One Songs
Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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Advice Cheap Take
I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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Clever Love Want
I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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Girl Kind Rock Roll
Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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Advice Answers Waiting
We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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Humans Making Mistakes Suppose
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
She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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Compliment Eye Smile
People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
BILLY JOEL

Believe Lying People
Artist – musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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Artist Perception Sea
Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
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Although Needs Romantic Tonight Want
Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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Giving Heart Work
Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
BILLY JOEL

Blac Color Philosophy White
It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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Alright Loses Two
Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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Art Honesty Kidding Part Truth
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.
BILLY JOEL

Country Political Soldiers Trying

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.

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