1949年5月9日出生於紐約的希克斯維爾。80年代初， Billy Joe推出搖滾專輯《Glass Houses》受到音樂學術界的好評，並使得他奪得了23屆Grammy Awards “最佳搖滾男歌手”獎。在Grammy Awards 中Billy Joe以一首《Just The Way You Are》連獲“最佳唱片”與“最佳歌曲”兩項最高榮譽。
If you search for tenderness 如果你在尋找溫柔
It isn't hard to find 那並不難找
You can have the love you need to live 你可以擁有你需要的愛
But if you look for truthfulness 但如果你在尋找"忠實"
You might just as well be blind 你大概是眼睛瞎了
It always seems to be so hard to give 那始終是很難給予的
Honesty is such a lonely word "真誠"，是如此寂寞的字眼
Everyone is so untrue 每個人都如此的虛偽
Honesty is hardly ever heard "真誠"已許久不曾聽過
And mostly what I need from you 也是我希望從你身上得到的
I can always find someone to say they sympathize 我總是可以遇到某些人說他非常同情我
If I wear my heart out on my sleeve 如果我已心力交瘁
But I don't want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies 但我不要美麗的臉孔告訴我美麗的謊言
All I want is someone to believe 我要的是可以信任的人
Honesty is such a lonely word "真誠"，是如此寂寞的字眼
Everyone is so untrue 每個人都如此的虛偽
Honesty is hardly ever heard "真誠"已許久不曾聽過
And mostly what I need from you 也是我希望從你身上得到的
I can find a lover 我可以找到情人
I can find a friend 我可以找到朋友
I can have security until the bitter end 讓我直到悲苦的結局都不受到傷害
Anyone can comfort me with promises again 任何人都可以用承諾來安慰我
I know, I know 我明白……
When I'm deep inside of me 當我過度耽溺
Don't be too concerned 別太擔心我
I won't ask for nothing while I'm gone 當我離去時，我一無所求
But when I want sincerity 但當我需要"忠誠"
Tell me where else can I turn 告訴我該往何處去
Because you're the one that I depend upon 只因你是我唯一信賴的人
Honesty is such a lonely word "真誠"，是如此寂寞的字眼
Everyone is so untrue 每個人都如此的虛偽
Honesty is hardly ever heard "真誠"已許久不曾聽過
And mostly what I need from you 也是我希望從你身上得到的
She's been living in her uptown world
I bet she never had a back street guy
I bet her mama never told her why
I'm gonna try for an uptown girl
She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am
And when she knows what
She wants from her time
And when she wakes up
And makes up her mind
She'll see I'm not so tough
Just because
I'm in love with an uptown girl
You know I've seen her in her uptown world
She's getting tired of her high class toys
And all her presents from her uptown boys
She's got a choice
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
Uptown girl
You know I can't afford to buy her pearls
But maybe someday when my ship comes in
She'll understand what kind of guy I've been
And then I'll win
And when she's walking
She's looking so fine
And when she's talking
She'll say that she's mine
She'll say I'm not so tough
Just because
I'm in love
With an uptown girl
She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am
Uptown girl
She's my uptown girl
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sitting next to me
Makin' love to his tonic and gin
He says, "Son, can you play me a memory?
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes"
La la la, de de da
La la, de de da da da
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me.
As the smile ran away from his face
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"
Oh, la la la, de de da
La la, de de da da da
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' with Davy who's still in the navy
And probably will be for life
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright
It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see
To forget about life for a while
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, "Man, what are you doin' here?"
Oh, la la la, de de da
La la, de de da da da
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright
Don't go changing, 不要去改變
To try and please me 去試著迎合我
You never let me down before 你之前也從未使我失望過
Don't imagine 不要亂想
you're too familiar 你很普通
And I don't see you anymore 或者我再不想看見你
I would not leave you 我不會離開你
in times of trouble 在你陷入困境的時候
We never could have come this far 我們不需要想這麽遠
I took the good times, 好運的時候我會在的
I'll take the bad times 流年不利時候我更會陪在你身邊
I'll take you just the way you are 我會按著你的方式
I need to know that you will always be 我需要明白你經常會是怎樣
The same old someone that I knew 就像我了解我的一些老朋友一樣
What will it take 'till you believe in me 發生怎樣的事才能讓你相信我
The way that I believe in you. 我會相信你
I said I love you, 我說我愛你
and that's forever 這樣會永遠
And this I promise from the heart 我發誓這是真心的
I couldn't love you any better 我不會愛上那個變的更優秀的你
I love you just the way you are. 我愛你僅僅是你現在的樣子
I don't want clever conversation 我不需要聰明風趣的對話
I never want to work that hard 我從不需要那麽辛苦用力的改變
I just want someone that I can talk to 我只是需要一個可以說話的人
I want you just the way you are. 我只需要你現在的方式
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