Billy Joel

She will promise you more Than the Garden of Eden Then she'll carelessly cut you And laugh while you're bleeding.

It's okay if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.

In every heart there is a room A sanctuary safe and strong To heal the wounds from lovers past Until a new one comes along.

In hell there's a big hotelWhere the bar just closed and the windows never openedNo phone so you can't call homeAnd the T.V. works, but the clicker is broken.

I don't know if people are going to remember some of these songs we're going to do tonight. Hell, I don't know if we're going to remember some of these.

Some folks like to get awayTake a holiday from the neighborhoodHop a flight to Miami BeachOr to HollywoodBut I'm talking a GreyhoundOn the Hudson River LineI'm in a New York state of mind.

We might be laughing a bit too loudBut that never hurt no one.

She's got a smile that heals me I don't know why it is But I have to laugh when she reveals me.

You can speak your mind But not on my time.

If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.

Slow down you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be Before your time.

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.

I'll take my chances... I forgot how nice romance is...I haven't been there for the longest time...

Rolling Stone magazine would not say anything positive about me, and they were the tastemakers at the time. There were people from the old guard who insisted I wasn't a real rock and roller. Well, O.K., fine -- I'm not a real rock and roller. You got me.

Last of the Big Time Spenders.

There was a time in my life when I was drinking too much, and so I have stopped. It's an interesting concept. 'Just don't drink.' Hmm I never thought of that

You see firemen, you see cops, and these guys risk their lives everyday. They do this all the time . . . to be able to see a smile on some of these people's faces -- they've gone through so much, they've lost so many of their friends.

The happiest times in my life were when my relationships were going well -- when I was in love with someone, and someone was loving me. But in my whole life, I haven't met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I'm discontented about that. I'm angry with myself. I have regrets.

...now as we induldge, in things refined,we hide our hearts, from harder times...

You better believe there will be times in your life when you'll be feeling like a stumbling fool. So take it from me you'll learn more from your accident than anything that you could ever learn in school.

The good days weren't really so good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.

The good ole days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.

I would not leave you in your 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.

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.

I see the winos talking to themselvesAnd I can understand.