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State of GraceBilly Joel

Released: October 19, 1989

Songwriter: Billy Joel

Producer: Mick Jones (Foreigner) Billy Joel

There you go
Slipping away into a state of grace
I know the look that comes across your face
It's so familiar to me

Here I am
Trying to keep you in my line of sight
I'm never certain that you read me right
Sometimes you don't want to see

Here we are
Both of us know we're in love
But that isn't always enough
I never could rise above it all, down I fall

But darling there you go
Slipping away into a state of grace
Granted, this world is not a perfect place
Still it's the world that I'm in

Here I am
Talking while you don't hear a word I say
Knowing you're watching me from far away
Somewhere that I've never been

Don't you see
You lived a different life than me
It don't mean you have to be afraid of how
We're not the same, don't leave me now

But darling there you go
Slipping away

How can I
Get you to stay where you are?
Keep you from going too far
Holding you here is so hard to do, I'm losing you

And darling there you go
Slipping away into a state of grace
Drifting away into your sacred place
Someplace that I've never been

There you go
Slipping away
Slipping away into a state of grace

There you go
Slipping away into a state of grace
Yeah, drifting away into that sacred place

There you go
Slipping away

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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