(One, two, one two three four)
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I...went...searching for the truth but in my innocence I found
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All the con men and their acrobats who stomped me in the ground
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If I count up their percentages, I know they're getting rich
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But they haven't taken everything those paybacks are a bitch
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Though I've lost quite a lot, I am still in control
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They can keep what they've got but they can't have my soul
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And if I don't have this all worked out, still I'm getting closer, getting closer
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I still have far to go no doubt, but I'm getting closer, getting close
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What was ripped off by professionals is not all that it seems
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While I must live up to contracts I did not give up my dreams
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If I see it as experience, it hasn't gone to waste
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Lately all the missing pieces have been falling into place
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And if I could go back and start over somehow
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I would not change that much, knowing what I know now
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Thought there have been sins I will regret, still I'm getting closer, getting closer
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I don't have all the answers yet, but I'm getting closer, getting close...
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¡°G¡±...Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh...¡°A¡±...verse...
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I'm a mark for every shyster from Topanga to Berlin
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And I should have learned to kick them out as soon as they crawled in
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So to every bank in Switzerland that stores my stolen youth
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I'm all right because despite the laws you cannot hide the truth
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& I know U will say I am still too naive but I have not lost faith in the things I believe
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And if I don't have a this all worked out, still I'm getting closer, getting closer
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I still have far to go no doubt, but I'm getting closer, getting close, ¡°A¡±
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Ooh ooh ooh...Ooh ooh yeah...Getting closer...Getting closer...
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Can¡¯t get to flub away...I must love her...Getting closer...
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Whoa whoa whoa...Yeah yeah yeah...Woo hoo hoo...Aw, that¡¯s--
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Getting Closer (Unreleased Version)
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| Billy Joel |