The Longest Time - Billy Joel

Oh, oh, oh, oh (The longest) For the longest time (Time) Oh, oh, oh, oh (The longest) For the longest If you said goodbye to me tonight There would still be music left to write What else could I do, I'm so inspired by you That hasn't happened (for the longest time) Once I thought my innocence was gone Now I know that happiness goes on I'll take my chances I forgot how nice romance is I haven't been there for the longest time Oh, oh, oh, oh (The longest) For the longest time (Time) Oh, oh, oh, oh (The longest) For the longest I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall And the greatest miracle of all Is how I need you, and how you needed me too That hasn't happened (for the longest time) Maybe this won't last very long But you feel so right And I could be wrong Maybe I've been hoping too hard But I've gone this far And it's More than I'd hoped for Who knows how much further we'll go on Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone I'll take my chances, I forgot how nice romance is I haven't been there (for the longest time) I had second thoughts at the start I said to myself, hold on to your heart Now I know the woman that you are You're wonderful so far And it's more than I'd hoped for I don't care what consequence it brings I have been a fool for lesser things I want you so bad, I think you ought to know that I intend to hold you For the longest time Oh, oh, oh, oh (The longest time) For the longest time Oh, oh, oh, oh (The longest time) For the longest (time) (The longest time) Oh, oh, oh, oh (The longest) For the longest (time) Oh, oh, oh, oh (The longest) For the longest time

I'm standing at a window I'm pressed against the past I'm looking on in black and white Through the eyes of photographs And I'm falling into faces Cultivated smiles Two dimensional Je me souviens Canada Out of Gastown in the morning On a train in '69 Into the arc-weld of the rising sun We left the coast behind And the wheels rolled in a rhythm And I heard in them for the first time The endless song of traveling out of Canada Oh Canada The longest road I've known Paved with the kind of broken hearts That lead to broken homes Looking backwards I remember The cracks in all the paving stones And the distances I've traveled out of Canada Through the dog-days of the prairies The boundless sky above our heads My stepfather looked for Mounties In the streets of Winnipeg And he told them that my mother's love Had stole his heart away And we all stood there Posed for Polaroids of Canada Oh Canada The longest road I've known Paved with the kind of broken hearts That lead to broken homes Looking backwards I remember The cracks in all the paving stones And the distances I've traveled out of Canada I awoke wrapped in my mother's arms On the docks of Montreal The ships lit like Christmas And the moon a swollen ball When a sailor spoke of England I'd never felt so small I waited until the ocean Turned from emerald to grey The wind threshed the water And washed our wake away And the seagulls blew like words Back to the mouth of the St. Lawrence As we sailed out On The Empress of Canada Oh Canada The longest road I've known Paved with the kind of broken hearts That lead to broken homes Looking backwards I remember The cracks in all the paving stones And the distances I've traveled out of Canada The first country of my youth My heart was ever drawn to you Like a tongue to a broken tooth In a world where everyone was always leaving I was trying to keep my fingertips On Canada

Tell me why you are saying no Tell me why are you leading me on I'm trying to relive alone, we know It's clear on the back of my mind We're playing with fire And I know I'm trying on ice You know I can't resist so why we're even trying You mess with me, think I don't know you are lying But I... but I... You are on you and all the things you do (You are on you and all the things you do) You know it's true I always play for you And doesn't matter what we do I'm not a fool, we are breaking all the rules And I don't know what to do With this is forbidden love Oh Oh oh With this is forbidden love Tell me why won't you let go Why you want to keep me unknown Every time you say go... We don't It's fearless on your back Months are passing us by Everybody at the time You know I can't resist so why we're even trying You mess with me, think I don't know you are lying But I... But I You're on you and all the things you do You're on you and all the things you do You know it's true I always play for you And doesn't matter what we do I'm not a fool, we are breaking all the rules And I don't know what to do This is forbidden love I don't like No, I don't like (this forbidden love) Hate that I can't stay away but I... Need this is forbidden love You know it's true I always play for you And doesn't matter what we do I'm not a fool, we are breaking all the rules And I don't know what to do With this is forbidden love Oh... Oh oh

I've been drunk all night You keep calling Are they happy now? Watchin' us falling Secret we should hide Don't know if I can It's who we are This is who I am Oh tonight they are up for love But our world Isn't ready To Understand us Remember I would be with you Even though we're letting go Guess I need to find someone like you If this is what I have to do 'Cause the Odds are against us Driving to the hills Chasing the sun We are just two boys Don't know why we run If we end it now Heavens got no tears We can fly so high Far away from here Find some light They are up for love But our world Isn't ready If there's open scars Remember I would be with you Even though we're letting go Guess I need to find someone like you If this is what I have to do 'Cause the Odds are against us Let them going You know we should try Oh you know we should try If this what we want You know in our lives It happens just one time There's only one chance Remember I would be with you Even though we're letting go Guess I need to find someone like you If this is what I have to do 'Cause the Odds are against us

I'm tired of fightin' It really messed me up this time Tired of tryin' I'm ready to leave it all behind I don't wanna lose my other me Am I really still right here? I wanna drown with it, I, I... Let the rain come You can never leave the soul unguided I'm still crawling, I can't see no sky yet But sometimes love can come from nothing But love don't break me Love don't break me Love don't break me Love don't break me Love don't break me This place reminds me I keep my eyes wide shut to hide Denying you're gone now And I am down here all alone Some say that time will heal me I need to get to higher ground But I wanna feel it, I, I... Let the pain come You can never leave the soul unguided I'm still crawling, I can't see no sky yet On broken wings I'm barely flyin' But love don't break me Love don't break me Love don't break me Love don't break me Love don't break me Love don't break me I need to get home But I keep on holding on, holding on Love don't break me I need to get home But I keep on holding on, holding on Love don't break me Love don't break me You can never leave the soul unguided I'm still crawling, I can't see no sky yet On broken wings I'm barely flyin' But love don't break me Love don't break me Love don't break me Love don't break me Love don't break me

I can't forget All of the memories, baby I'm wonderin' Do you still want me, baby? I medicate my mind Come iluminate my night I'm all alone I can't face my broken heart So tell me what you wanna do Tell me what you won't do I close my eyes and all that I see is you I can't escape I can't erase You, you I can't forget, it's not the same without You, you You I'm not over You, you, you You I'm not over You, you, you Stuck here I am, burning for love again I'm lost somehow Cannot come out to you I medicate my mind Come iluminate my night I'm all alone, I can't face my broken heart So tell me what you wanna do Tell me what you won't do I close my eyes and all that I see is you I can't escape, I can't erase You, you I can't forget, it's not the same without you You I'm not over You, you, you You I'm not over You, you, you I'm sick of fighting this Acting like I'm okay Here I am Still wondering No, I'm not okay Here I am Still wondering I can't escape, I can't erase You, you I can't forget, it's not the same without you You I'm not over You, you, you You I'm not over You, you, you

I found someone That looks just like you I found a girl I think I like her too Tonight's the night Lets go for a ride I wanna drown in your California eyes I'm driving fast I need to slow down I've seen this road That go I'm like no I don't care I'll dance on my own We are young but we are halfway home I'm in the mood Tell me what you wanna do We let it snow And drive a mountain view Like Super-Heroes We catch the stars and moon We got this one last night With our hands up high Make me feel alive When my mind's a slave for you (Not looking for love, just looking for you-uh) I got this one last one night I got nothing to hide Baby, don't be shy 'Cause my Kiss won't lie to you (Not looking for love, I'm looking for you-uh) I wear sunglasses All through the night Our skin is glowing From the red traffic light And if you feel me That our bodies colide I wanna dive in your California High I'm in the mood Tell me what you wanna do We let it snow And drive a mountain view Like Super-Heroes We catch the stars and moon We got this one last night With our hands up high Make me feel alive When my mind's a slave for you (Not looking for love, just looking for you-uh) I got this one last one night I got nothing to hide Baby, don't be shy 'Cause my Kiss won't lie to you (Not looking for love, I'm looking for you-uh) Hey! Get me high Hey! Get me high Hey! (I got this one last time) Get me high (I got nothing to hide) Hey! (Baby don't be shy) Get me high Because my kiss won't lie to you!