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From a town known as Wheeling, West Virginia Rode a boy with a six-gun in his hand And his daring life of crime made him a legend in his time East and west of the Rio Grande. Well, he started with a bank in Colorado In the pocket of his vest a Colt he hid. And his age and his size took the teller by surprise, And the word spread of Billy the Kid.
Billy Joel -
They showed you a statue and told you to pray They built you a temple and locked you away But they never told you the price that you pay For things that you might have done.
Billy Joel
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I look in the mirror and think, 'I don't look like a rock star.' I talked about this with Bono and we looked at each other and decided we look like a pair of bricklayers.
Billy Joel -
Streetlife serenaders Have no obligations Hold no grand illusions Need no stimulation.
Billy Joel -
Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before Don't imagine you're too familiar And I don't see you anymore I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble We never could have come this far I took the good times, I'll take the bad times I'll take you just the way you are.
Billy Joel -
Rock and roll just used to be for kicks, now a days it's politics.
Billy Joel -
She'll carelessly cut you and laugh while you're bleeding.
Billy Joel -
I promised I would never leave you And you should always know Wherever you may go No matter where you are I never will be far away.
Billy Joel
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She's the quiet type who's into heavy metal.
Billy Joel -
It's OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
Billy Joel -
Clear as a crystal... Sharp as a knife...I feel like I'm in the prime of my life.
Billy Joel -
We came in spastic, like tameless horses. We left in plastic as numbered corpses.
Billy Joel -
I don't think what has happened to me is that different from what happens to most people. The only difference is the scale. People seem to think my problems are larger than life, but they're not larger than my life.
Billy Joel -
They say there's a heaven for those who wait, some say it's better I say it ain't.
Billy Joel
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Now, we lives our lives...So nonchalant...We spend our time...So 'Bon Vivant'...Our stylish nights...So well-arranged...Those tasteful words that we exchange...We know it's all a passing phase.
Billy Joel -
Slow down you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be before your time.
Billy Joel -
Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
Billy Joel -
If you're a very unfulfilled person you might have a tendency to turn to crime.
Billy Joel -
When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
Billy Joel -
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
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can't take it any more.
Billy Joel -
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 -
Well, he robbed his way from Utah to Oklahoma And the law just could not seem to track him down And it served his legend well For the folks, they'd love to tell 'Bout when Billy the Kid came to town.
Billy Joel -
Hot funk, cold punk, even if it's old junk, it's still rock and roll to me.
Billy Joel