Billy Joel
Cold Spring Harbor (1971)
1. She's Got a Way
2. You Can Make Me Free
3. Everybody Loves You Now
4. Why Judy Why
5. Falling of the Rain
6. Turn Around
7. You Look So Good to Me
8. Tomorrow Is Today
9. Nocturne
10. Got to Begin Again
She's Got a Way
(Billy Joel)
She's got a way about her
I don't know what it is
But I know that I can't live without her
She's got a way of pleasin'
I don't know what it is
But there doesn't have to be a reason anyway
She's got a smile that heals me
I don't know why it is
But I have to laugh when she reveals me
She's got a way of talkin'
I don't know why it is
But it lifts me up when we are walkin' anywhere
She comes to me when I'm feelin' down
Inspires me without a sound
She touches me and I get turned around
She's got a way of showin'
How I make her feel
And I find the strength to keep on goin'
She's got a light around her
And ev'rywhere she goes
A million dreams of love surround her ev'rywhere
She comes to me when I'm feelin' down
Inspires me without a sound
She touches me and I get turned around
She's got a smile that heals me
I don't know why it is
But I have to laugh when she reveals me
She's got a way about her
I don't know what it is,
But I know that I can't live without her anyway
You Can Make Me Free
(Billy Joel)
You can make me free
You can make me smile
You can make me be like a little child
You can melt the ice that chills my body
You can dry my ev'ry tear
You can make the lonely hours disappear
You can make me free
You can make me rise
You can make me see
So open up my eyes
Don't you know my only real moments are the ones I spend with you?
How I long to drink some wine again with you?
I can take the skies
I can soar like a bird
With his heart full of song, yeah, yeah
Won't you color my eyes?
I've been writing so long
You can make me free
You can make me cry
You can make it so much better if you only try
And if I must wait a lonely lifetime
Until I am with you, my love
I will wait when you'll be what I'm dreaming of
I can take the skies
I can soar like a bird
With his heart full of song, yeah, yeah
Won't you color my eyes?
I've been writing so long
You can make me free
You can make me cry
You can make it so much better if you only try
And if I must wait a lonely lifetime
Until I am with you, my love
I will wait when you'll be what I'm dreaming of
You can make me free
You can make me cry
I know you know that you can make it so much better
If you would only try, yeah, yeah, yeah
Everybody Loves You Now
(Billy Joel)
Baby all the lights are turned on you
Now you're in the center of the stage
Ev'rything revolves on what you do
Ah, you are in your prime
You've come of age
You can always have your way somehow
'Cause ev'rybody loves you now
You can walk away from your mistakes
You can turn your back on what you do
Just a little smile is all it takes
And you can have your cake and eat it too
Loneliness will get to you somehow
But ev'rybody loves you now
Ah, they all want your white body
And they await your reply
Ah, but between you and me and the Staten Island ferry
So do I
All the people want to know your name
Soon there will be lines outside your door
Feelings do not matter in your game
'Cause nothing's gonna touch you anymore
So your life is only living anyhow
And ev'rybody loves you now
Close your eyes when you don't want to see
And stay at home when you don't want to go
Only speak to those who will agree
Yeah, and close your mind when you don't want to know
You have lost your innocense somehow
But ev'rybody loves you now
Ah, you know that nothin' lasts forever
And it's all been done before
Ah, but you ain't got the time
To go to Cold Spring Harbor no more
See how all the people gather 'round
Hey, isn't it a thrill to see them all crawl
Keep your eyes ahead and don't look down
Yeah, and lock yourself inside your sacred wall
This is what you wanted, ain't you proud
'Cause ev'rybody loves you now
Why Judy Why
(Billy Joel)
Of all the people in the world that I know
You're the best place to go when I cry, when I cry
I never asked for much before, not before
Things are changed: I need more
Tell my why Judy why
I never thought that she would say, say goodbye
But she did, and now I want to die, I want to die
I never thought that I would need, need a friend
Oh, but I did in the end
Tell me why Judy why
Oh, what a scene
It's wrong for her to hang me up this way
Oh, where've you been?
'Cause it's so hard to make it through the day
A man my age is very young,
So I'm told
Why do I feel so old?
Tell me why Judy why, Judy why
Oh what a scene
It's wrong for her to hang me up this way
Oh, where've you been?
'Cause it's so hard to make it through the day
There's no tomorrow,
'Cause my dream did not last
So I live in the past
Tell me why Judy why
Tell me why Judy why
Oh, tell me why Judy why
Falling of the Rain
(Billy Joel)
Once upon a time in the land of misty satin dreams there stood a house
And a man who painted nature scenes.
He painted trees
And fields and animals and streams
And he stayed and he didn't hear the falling of the rain
No, he didn't hear the falling of the rain
In the forest green lived a girl who put her hair in braids and she sang
As she walked all about the wooded glades.
She was glad when the rain came falling on her face
And she sang, 'cause she didn't mind the falling of the rain
No, she didn't mind the falling of the rain
Will it always be the same as we recall?
Does it touch you when the rain begins to fall?
Ah, but I don't want to know and I don't want to see
Another rainy day without you lying next to me, ah.
High upon a hill far away from the dusty crowd is a boy
With his eyes on the ground, his head is bowed.
He's a fool and his mind is filled with hopeless dreams
And he waits, but he will not see the falling of the rain
No, he will not see the falling of the rain
Will it always be the same as we recall?
Does it touch you when the rain begins to fall?
Ah, but I don't want to know and I don't want to see
Another rainy day without you lying next to me, ah.
So now the boy becomes the man who sits and paints all day,
But the girl with the braids in her hair has gone away.
And it seems that time has brought things to an end.
Nothing's changed, 'cause you can't stop the falling of the rain,
Can't stop the falling of the rain.
Turn Around
(Billy Joel)
Oh, sweet lady,
Runnin' like a stream
You don't look back
Because you know hands are clean
You make believe
That the past was just a dream
You make believe the past was just a dream
Turn around
Turn around
And I will sing for you a song
I don't know where you been
But you been gone too long
Oh, Eliza, you must beget again
And all the roads that you have walked are comin' to an end
I was your lover but I thought I was your friend
I loved you but I thought I was your friend
So, turn around
Oh, turn around
And I will sing for you a song
I don't know where you been
But you been gone too long
Oh, sweet lady stand beside the sea
Maybe you will find a little time to think of me
Won't you please remember what I tried so hard to be?
Yeah, remember what I tried so hard to be
So, turn around
Oh, turn around
Yeah, and I will sing for you a song
And I don't know where you been
But you been gone too long
Too long
I said, you been gone too long
You been gone too long
You Look So Good to Me
(Billy Joel)
Ah, you look so good to me
With my eyes open wide I can see
Ah, you feel so good to me
And it's so good when you're here
'Cause I'm free
I'm feelin' the glory from that smile upon your face
You lifted me high above my ordinary place, uh huh
And I am so happy when I'm in your warm embrace, yeah yeah
Woh, woh
Ah, you look so good to me
With my eyes open wide I can see
Ah, you feel so good to me
And who knows what your next move will be
Ah, you look so good to me
With my eyes open wide I can see
Ah, you feel so good to me
And it's so good when you're here, cause I'm free
Tomorrow Is Today
(Billy Joel)
I've been livin' for the moment
But I just can't have my way
And I'm afraid to go to sleep
'Cause tomorrow is today
People tell me life is sweeter
But I don't hear what they say
Nothing comes to change my life
So tomorrow is today
I don't care to know the hour
'Cause it's passing anyway
I don't have to see tomorrow
'Cause I saw it yesterday
So I listen for an answer
But the feeling seems to stay
And what's the use of always dreaming
If tomorrow is today, oh
Still I'm waiting for the morning
But it feels so far away
And you don't need the love I'm giving
So tomorrow is today
Oh my, I'm goin' to the river
Gonna take a ride and the Lord will deliver me
Make my bed, I'm gonna lie in it
If you don't come, I'm sure gonna die in it
Too late, too much givin'
I've seen a lot of life and I'm damn sick of livin' it
I keep hopin' that you will pass my way
And someday if your dreams are leavin' you
I'll still believe in you
Though I'm living and I'm singing
And although my hands still play
Soon enough it will all be over 'cause
Tomorrow is today
Nocturne
(Billy Joel)
Instrumental
Got to Begin Again
(Billy Joel)
Well so, here I am at the end of the road
Where do I go from here?
I always figured it would be like this
Still nothin' seems to be quite clear
All the words have been spoken
And the prophecy fulfilled
But I just can't decide where to go
Yes, it's been quite a day
And I should go to sleep
But tomorrow I will wake up and I'll know
That I've got to begin again
Though I don't know how to start
Yes, I've got to begin again, and it's hard
Well, it's been quite a while since I lifted my head
And I'm sure the light will hurt my eyes
I see the way that I've been spendin' my days
And reality has caught my by surprise
I was dreamin' of tomorrow,
So I sacrificed today,
And it sure was a grand waste of time
And despite all the truth that's been thrown in my face
I just can't get you out of my mind
But I've got to begin again
Though I don't know how to start
Yes, I've got to begin again, and it's hard
Yes, it's hard, oh, ooh, ooh