- published: 08 Mar 2010
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William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man," in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to the RIAA.
Joel had Top 40 hits in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, achieving 33 Top 40 hits in the United States, all of which he wrote himself. He is also a six-time Grammy Award winner, a 23-time Grammy nominee and has sold over 150 million records worldwide. He was inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame (1992), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999), the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2006), and the Hit Parade Hall of Fame (2009). In 2008, Billboard magazine released a list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists to celebrate the US singles chart's 50th anniversary, with Billy Joel positioned at No. 23. With the exception of the 2007 songs "All My Life" and "Christmas in Fallujah," Joel stopped recording pop/rock material after 1993's River of Dreams, but he continued to tour extensively until 2010.
We all live on the edge of town
Where we all live, ain't a soul around
People start a-comin', all we do is just a-grin
We gotta move it out 'cause the city's movin' in
Tell me who ya know, and I'll tell ya who to
Go see my friend and he'll set you free
Tell me what you need and maybe I can go too
No one knows the way, but maybe me
Nobody knows where
Nobody shows where
Nobody goes where
You can find me
Good Morning! Glory!
Hallauiah to ya!
What is the story and
What's been goin' through ya?
Living like a King ??? off the land
Working like a dog in a rock and roll band
We're movin'
We're gettin' out
We're movin'
Without a doubt
We're movin'
We're goin' far
We're movin'
Yes we are, 'cause
Nobody knows where
Nobody shows where
Nobody goes where
You can find me
Nobody knows where
Nobody shows where
Nobody goes where
You can find me
Meddle with God and you're in tune withe the universe
Talk with yourself and you'll hear what you wanna know
Gotta rise above, 'cause below it's only gettin' worse
Laugh and time will take you where you wanna go
Good Morning! Glory!
Hallalluiah to ya!
What is the story and
What's been goin' through ya?
Living like a King ??? off the land
Working like a dog in a rock and roll band
We're movin'
We're gettin' out
We're movin'
Without a doubt
We're movin'
We're goin' far
We're movin'
Yes we are, 'cause
Nobody knows where
Nobody shows where
Nobody goes where
You can find me
Nobody knows where
Nobody shows where
Nobody goes where
You can find me
We all live on the edge of town
Where we all live, ain't a soul around
People start a-comin', all we do is just a-grin
We gotta move it out 'cause the city's movin' in
I said
We gotta move it out 'cause the city's movin' in