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Billy Joel - 52nd Street
they say it takes a lot to keep a love alive:

in every heart there pumps a different beat



but if we shift the rhythm into overdrive,

we could generate a lot of heat....



chorus

on 52nd street

on 52nd street



we're gonna throw a little soul parade,

before they know the second bar was played



we're gonna slip it to 'em short and sweet



chorus

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Billy Joel - A Matter Of Trust
some love is just a lie of the heart

the cold remains of what began with a passionate start

and they may not want it to end

but it will it's just a question of when

i've lived long enough to have learned

the closer you get to the fire the more you get burned

but that won't happen to us

because it's always been a matter of trust



i know you're an emotional girl

it took a lot for you to not lose your faith in this world

i can't offer you proof

but you're going to face a moment of truth

it's hard when you're always afraid

you just recover when another belief is betrayed

so break my heart of you must

it's a matter of trust



you can't go the distance

with too much resistance

i know you have doubts

but for god's sake don't shut me out



this time you've got nothing to lose

you can take it, you can leave it

whatever you choose

i won't hold back anything

and i'll walk a way a fool or a king

some love is just a lie of the mind

it's make believe until its only a matter of time

and some might have learned to adjust

but then it never was a matter of trust



i'm sure you're aware love

we've both had our share of

believing too long

when the whole situation was wrong



some love is just a lie of the soul

a constant battle for the ultimate state of control

after you've heard lie upon lie

there can hardly be a question of why

some love is just a lie of the heart

the cold remains of what began with a passionate start

but that can't happen to us

because it's always been a matter of trust

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Billy Joel - A Minor Variation
some days i have to give right in to the blues

despite how i try to keep fightin'

it's a sure shot i'm going to lose

and i'll tell you why

you think i'm crazy

it's such a sad composition

but can you blame me

for what's been causing my bad disposition?

ain't nothing new with my blue situation

and nothing's fine, it's just a minor variation



when troubles want to find me, i ain't hard to find

they know where i am

like a hungry pack of wolves when it's feeding time

they tear up a man

and it's a strange thing

"cause now it don't really matter

more of the same thing

don't even hurt it's been part of the pattern

but still in all it's a small consolation

i just define it as a minor variation



ain't now way to fight 'em darling

ain't no way around 'em baby

ain't now way to take 'em honey

nowhere to hide and believe me i've tried to shake 'em



i'm getting to the point where i don't feel the pain

and i've had enough

i'm ready for the next time it hits me again

"cause i've gotten tough

it doesn't faze me

and now i've made my decision

i may be crazy

it's not as though i don't know that condition

until i'm through with this blue situation

pass me the wine, it's just a minor variation



ain't nobody's business, baby

ain't nobody's worry darlin'

ain't nobody's problem

no way to win when you've already been forgotten



and it's a strange thing

"cause now it don't really matter

more of the same thing

don't even hurt, it's a part of the pattern

until i'm through with this blue situation

pass me the wine, it's just a minor variation

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Billy Joel - A Room Of Our Own
you've got diamonds and i've got spades

you've got pills

and i've got razor blades

you've got yoga honey

i've got beer

you got overpriced

and i got weird

but it's alright

we're the same even though we're alone

it's alright

yes we all need a room of our own

you've got love darlin'

i've got sex

you've got cash, mama

and i've got checks

you've got business, baby

i've got the kids

you got crowded just the way i did

but it's alright

cause we all need a place to call home

it's alright

yes we all need a room of our own

i can still remember packed together

like a can of sardines

no, no, no

pushin', shovin'

that's when lovin'

starts to come apart at the seams

oh no, no, no, no

you've got the day shift

i've got nights

we go wrong at times

but we've got rights

you've got tv shows

i've got crime

but you've got your room, honey

and i've got mine

it's alright

it's the one thing that we should have known

yes, it's alright

yes, we all need a room of our own

and it's alright

yes we all need a place to call home

it's alright

yes we all need a room of our own

it's alright

it's alright

to have a room of your own

no, no, no, it's alright

yeah it's alright mama

to have a room of our own

sometimes you've got to get away

got to get away

got to get away

got to get away to a room of our own

got to have a room

got to have a little elbow room of my own.

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Billy Joel - Ain't No Crime
opening:

you got to open your eyes in the morning,

nine o'clock comin' without any warnin'

and you gotta get ready to go.



you say you went out late last evenin'

did a lot of drinkin', come home stinkin',

and you went and fell asleep on the floor.

and then your lady comes and finds you a)sleepin'

starts into weepin' 'bout the hours you been keepin'

and you better get your ass out the door.



ain't no crime,

yeah, it's good to get it on to get a load off your mind,

it ain't no crime,

well, ev'rybody gets that way sometime.

it ain't no crime.

oh.



opening



well now you tell me you love somebody

and you'll love 'em forever, you may love 'em forever,

but you won't like 'em all of the time.

well now you tell me you need somebody

for the rest of your life you might have somebody,

but you won't want 'em ev'ry day.



ain't no crime,

well it's just human nature, happens all the time,

it ain't no crime,

well don't think twice about gettin' it off your mind.

it ain't no crime.

oh.



ain't no crime,

yeah, it's good to get it on to get a load off your mind,

it ain't no crime,

well it's just human nature, happens all the time,

it ain't no crime.

oh.



opening



and just as surely as the wind keeps blowin',

the grass keeps growin', you gotta keep

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Billy Joel - All About Soul
she waits for me at night, she waits for me in silence

she gives me all her tenderness and takes away my pain

and so far she hasn't run, though i swear she's had her moments

she still believes in miracles while others cry in vain



it's all about soul

it's all about faith and a deeper devotion

it's all about soul

'cause under the love is a stronger emotion

she's got to be strong

'cause so many things getting out of control

should drive her away

so why does she stay?

it's all about soul



she turns to me sometimes and asks me what i'm dreaming

and i realize i must have gone a million miles away

and i ask her how she knew to reach out for me that moment

and she smiles because it's understood there are no words to say



it's all about soul

it's all about knowing what someone is feeling

the woman's got soul

the power of love and the power of healing

this life isn't fair

it's gonna get dark, it's gonna get cold

you've got to be tough, but that ain't enough

it's all about soul



there are people who have lost every trace of human kindness

there are many who have fallen, there are some who still survive

she comes to me at night and she tells me her desires

and she gives me all the love i need to keep my faith alive



it's all about soul

it's all about joy that comes out of sorrow

it's all about soul

who's standing now and who's standing tomorrow

you've got to be hard

hard as the rock in that old rock 'n' roll song

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Billy Joel - All For Leyna
she stood on the tracks

waving her arms

leading me to that third rail shock

quick as a wink

she changed her mind



she gave me a night

that's all it was

what will it take until i stop

kidding myself

wasting my time



there's nothing else i can do

'cause i'm doing it all for leyna

i don't want anyone new

'cause i'm living it all for leyna

there's nothing in it for you

'cause i'm giving it all to leyna



we laid on the beach

watching the tide

she didn't tell me there were rocks

under the waves

right off the shore

washed up on the sand

barely alive

wishing the undertow would stop

how can a man take anymore



there's nothing else i can do

'cause i'm doing it all for leyna

i don't want anyone new

'cause i'm living it all for leyna

there's nothing in it for you

'cause i'm giving it all to leyna



i'm failing in school

losing my friends

making my family lose their minds

i don't want to eat

i don't want to sleep

i only want leyna one more time



now i'm in my room

watching the tube

telling myself she still may drop

over to say

she's changed her mind



so, i wait in the dark

listening for her,

instead of my old man saying stop...

kidding yourself,

wasting your time



there's nothing else i can do

'cause i'm doing it all for leyna

i don't want anyone new

'cause i'm living it all for leyna

there's nothing in it for you

'cause i'm giving it all to leyna

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Billy Joel - All You Wanna Do Is Dance
oh baby, you don't get turned on by the radio.

oh baby, you got nothing to play on your stereo.

"why don't the beatles get back together?"

"why don't nobody sing of romance?"-

oh baby, all you wanna do is dance.



oh baby, i think you are lost in the seventies.

oh baby, "the music she ain't what she used to be."

you don't understand what they're saying,

you've given it every chance

oh baby, all you wanna do is dance.



well you wish you were back in the good old days,

when tomatoes were cheaper,

and you never heard the words of your favorite songs

through a three inch speaker.

and you never messed around with dangerous drugs,

you were all getting sick on beer-

and you didn't get any (unless you went steady and made out for a year).



well you can hide away honey, in your rock and roll dreams,

you can stand by your blue suede shoes-

but the party is over,

and i'm getting tired of waiting for you.



oh baby, "where are the oldies they used to play?"

oh baby, you want to crawl back into yesterday,

you don't want to deal with the future,

you don't want to make any plans-

oh baby, all you wanna do is dance.

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Billy Joel - Allentown
well we're living here in allentown

and they're closing all the factories down

out in bethlehem they're killing time

filling out forms

standing in line

well our fathers fought the second world war

spent their weekends on the jersey shore

met our mothers in the uso

asked them to dance

danced with them slow

and we're living here in allentown

but the restlessness was handed down

and it's getting very hard to stay

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

iron and coke

and chromium steel

and we're waiting here in allentown

but they've taken all the coal from the ground

and the union people crawled away

every child had a pretty good shot

to get at least as far as their old man got

but something happened on the way to that place

they threw an american flag in our face

well i'm living here in allentown

and it's hard to keep a good man down

but i won't be getting up today

and it's getting very hard to stay

and we're living here in allentown

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