Billy Joel

Released: November 1, 1971

Songwriter: Billy Joel

Producer: Artie Ripp

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 every 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 to the skies
I can soar like a bird
With his heart full of song

Won't you color my eyes?
I've been waiting so long

[Chorus]
You can make me free
You can make me cry
You can make it so much better if you would only try

[Bridge]
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
Won't you color my eyes?
I've been waiting so long

[Chorus]
You can make me free
You can make me cry
You can make it so much better if you would only try

[Bridge]
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

[Chorus]
You can make me free
You can make me cry
You can make it so much better if you would only try

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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