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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.
Its been far too long,
you know I've never been a friend.
You can't see a thing
the more I try the less you know.
So don't ask what's wrong,
I'll tell you all the same things again
I'll tell you all the same things again
I'll tell you all the same things again
CHORUS:
You may be right,
I don't want to see you tonight.
So don't call back,
I'll probably never see you again.
Don't ask what's wrong,
I'll try to make you understand
And tell you all over again
Tomorrow will be nothing then
No point of view,
depending on who you knew.
Take me out fast
I'll never let it happen again
So don't ask what's wrong,
I'll tell you all the same things again
I'll tell you all the same things again
I'll tell you all the same things again
*Chorus*
It's been far too long,
I thought you're name was history
And then one day,
I saw your face in front of me
So don't ask what's wrong,
I'll tell you all the same things again
I'll tell you all the same things again
I'll tell you all the same things again
*Chorus*