Billy Joel

Released: August 8, 1983

Songwriter: Billy Joel

Producer: Phil Ramone

You don't have to talk all night
I'm a man who can't say no
You don't have to twist my arm
Just point me where you wanna go

Take me to the action, take me to the track
Take me to a party if they're bettin' in the back
I been working all my life, can't afford to wait
Let me call my wife so I can tell her I'll be late

I want the easy, easy money
I could get lucky, oh, things could go right
I want the easy, easy money
Maybe this one time, maybe tonight

You don't have to try too hard
I don't need a song and dance
I don't need an invitation
If you've got a game of chance

Take me to the tables, take me to the fights
Run me like the numbers, roll me like the dice
When you're counting on a killing, always count me in
Talk me into losin' just as long as I can win

I want the easy, easy money
I want the good times I never had
I want the easy, easy money
I want the good life, I want it bad

Easy money
You say I fool myself
But better me than being a fool for someone else
I got a hot slot machine of a system ready to go

Easy money, I got a one-track mind
And a good reputation laying on the line
I'll either come back a bum or a king
Baby, I don't know

You don't have to start a fire
I'm a man who can't say no
If you've got a little risky business
Just point me where you want to go

Take me to the power, take me to the heat
Take me to the cleaners if it's open to the street
Something's got to pay off, something's got to break
Someone's got a fortune that they're begging me to take

I want the easy, easy money
I could get lucky, things could go right
I want the easy, easy money
Maybe just this time, mmaybe tonight

Easy money
I don't want no hard cash
I just want the easy money
Oh, I could get lucky

(Easy money)
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, ah

Billy Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American pianist, singer/songwriter, producer, and composer who ranks as one of the most iconic and influential artists from the mid to late 20th century.

He is the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, wrote a total of 121 songs that achieved 33 Top 40 hits in the US, a 6-time Grammy winner out of 23 nominations, and one of the best-selling recording artists of all-time with 150 million albums sold worldwide.

Joel has since continued to tour and sells out in stadiums globally. He also delved into classical music composition, arranging an album, Fantasies and Delusions released in 2001, opened a motorcycle shop on his native Long Island, and is now regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Among his numerous accolades, he was inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992, bestowed with the Kennedy Center Honors in 2013, and awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by the Library of Congress in 2014.

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