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Keeping the FaithBilly Joel

Released: August 8, 1983

Songwriter: Billy Joel

Producer: Phil Ramone

[Verse 1]
If it seems like I've been lost in "let's remember"
If you think I'm feeling older and missing my younger days
Oh, then you should have known me much better
'Cause my past is something that never got in my way

[Verse 2]
Still I would not be here now if I never had the hunger
And I'm not ashamed to say the wild boys were my friends
Oh, 'cause I never felt the desire
Until their music set me on fire

[Chorus]
And then I was saved
That's why I'm keeping the faith
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the faith

[Verse 3]
We wore matador boots, only Flagg Brothers had them with a Cuban heel
Iridescent socks with the same color shirt and a tight pair of chinos
I put on my shark skin jacket, you know the kind with the velvet collar
And ditty-bop shades, oh yeah

[Verse 4]
I took a fresh pack of Luckies and a mint called Sen-Sen
My old man's Trojans and his Old Spice aftershave
Combed my hair in a pompadour like the rest of the Romeos wore
A permanent wave

[Chorus]
We were keeping the faith
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the faith

[Bridge]
You can get just so much from a good thing
You can linger too long in your dreams
Say goodbye to the oldies but goodies
'Cause the good old days weren't always good
And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems

[Verse 5]
Learned stickball as a formal education
Lost a lot of fights but it taught me how to lose okay
I heard about sex but not enough
I found you could dance and still look tough anyway

[Verse 6]
I found out a man ain't just being macho
Ate an awful lot of late night drive-in food, drank a lot of take home pay
I thought I was the Duke of Earl
When I made it with a red-haired girl in a Chevrolet

[Chorus]
We were keeping the faith
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the faith

[Bridge]
You know the good old days weren't always good
And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems

[Verse 7]
I told you my reasons for the whole revival
Now I'm going outside to have an ice cold beer in the shade
Oh, I'm going to listen to my 45's
Ain't it wonderful to be alive when the rock 'n' roll plays
When the memory stays

[Chorus]
I'm keeping the faith
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the faith

[Outro]
We were keeping the faith
We were keeping the faith
I'm keeping the faith
Oh, you know I will

Billy Joel

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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