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Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems

Billy Joel

You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
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Made Mistake Reality
Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
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Goodbye Life Series
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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Country Political Soldiers Trying
I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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Family Men Mint
My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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Autograph Daughter Missions
I’m in a New York state of mind
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Country Mind States
I’m single but interviewing.
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Interviewing Person Single
I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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Fun Laughing Song
If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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Kids Kids Want Something Tell
It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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Beautiful Down Gotta Life Years
Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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Heart Loud Musician Voices
I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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Mistakes Originals Theory
Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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Arabia Country Lawrence Place
I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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Man Rally Sweet Syre Younger
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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Education Endless Same Years
You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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Evil May Understanding
She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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Cutting Evil Laughing
You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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Home Phones Waiting
I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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Country Musical Tragedy
There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
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Away Going Houston Kids
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
She’s got a smile that heals me.
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Compliment Heal Smile
No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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Healing Matter Music
I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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Antiques May Stones
It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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Acceptance Love Loving Yourself
When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
BILLY JOEL

Fortunately Jobs Missing Mistake
There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
BILLY JOEL

Angel Come Future Miracle War World

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