One Final Serenade: Songs of Billy Joel
The 1981 music video for "Everybody Loves You Now" was another live performance shot in black and white.
© 1971, 1981 Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Watch more on BillyJoel.com, Sony MyPlay or Vevo's YouTube channel.
© 1971, 1981 Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Watch more on BillyJoel.com, Sony MyPlay or Vevo's YouTube channel.
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Loneliness will get to you somehow Everybody Loves You Now
(Recorded July 1980, Bijou, Washington, D.C. Cold Spring Harbor) Macho rationale for being rejected. Her? Leave me? She must be a self-possessed bitch! Anyway everybody didn't really love her. I just thought they did. (From Songs In Attic liner notes) 
The Commandos from Hicksville High yearbook. Billy is in the back on keyboards. Source: BillyJoel.com.
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Baby all the lights are turned on you
Now you're in the center of the stage Everything revolves on what you do Ah, you are in your prime; you've come of age And you can always have your way somehow But everybody loves you now You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes Ah, you can have your cake and eat it too Loneliness will get to you somehow But everybody loves you now Ah, they all want your white body And they await your reply Ah, but between you and me and the Staten Island ferry . . . so do I All the people want to know your name Soon there will be lines outside your door Feelings do not matter in your game Yeah, 'cause nothing's gonna touch you anymore So your life is only living anyhow And everybody loves you now Close your eyes when you don't want to see Stay at home when you don't want to go Only speak to those who will agree Yeah, and close your mind when you don't want to know You have lost you innocence somehow But everybody loves you now Ah, you know that nothing lasts forever And it's all been done before Ah, but you ain't got the time to go to Cold Spring Harbor . . . no more See how all the people gather 'round Ah, isn't it a thrill to see them crawl? Keep your eyes ahead and don't look down Yeah, and lock yourself inside your sacred wall This is what you wanted, ain't you proud? 'Cause everybody loves you now. |
