Billy Joel

Released: September 29, 1977

Songwriter: Billy Joel

Producer: Phil Ramone

[Verse 1]
Don't go changin'
To try and please me
You never let me down before, mmm
Don't imagine
You're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore

[Chorus 1]
I would not leave you
In times of trouble
We never could have come this far, mmm
I took the good times
I'll take the bad times
I'll take you just the way you are

[Verse 2]
Don't go tryin'
Some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair, mmm mmm
You always have my
Unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care

[Chorus 2]
I don't want clever
Conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone
That I can talk to
I want you just the way you are

[Bridge]
I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
Ahh, what will it take 'til you believe in me
The way that I believe in you

[Chorus 3]
I said I love you
And that's forever
And this I promise from the heart, mmm mmm
I couldn't love you
Any better
I love you just the way you are
Right!

[Saxophone Solo]
3:04 - 3:29

[Chorus 2]
I don't want clever
Conversation
I never want to work that hard, mmm-mm
I just want someone
That I can talk to
I want you just the way you are, ohh

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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From the albums

The Stranger (1977)
Emotions (1978)
Hot Trax (1978)
FM (The Original Movie Soundtrack) (1978)
Lovers Only! (1983)
Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II (1985)
Great Love Songs 2 (1989)
The Essential Billy Joel (2001)
Sesame Street: Songs From The Street, Vol 1. (2003)
Piano Man: Very Best of (2004)
She’s Always a Woman: Love Songs (2011)
Live at Carnegie Hall 1977 (2019)

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