Everybody's got a million questions
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Everybody wants to know the score
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What you went through
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It's something you
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Should be over now
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Everybody wants to hear the secrets
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That you never told a soul before
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And it's not that strange
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Because it wouldn't change
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what happened anyhow
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But you swore to yourself a long time ago
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There were some things that people never needed to know
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Guess there's one that you keep
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That you bury so deep
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No one can tear it out
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And you can't talk about it
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Because you're following a code of silence
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You're never gonna to lose the anger
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You just deal with it a different way
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And you can't talk about it
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And isn't that a kind of madness
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To be living by a code of silence
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When you've really got a lot to say
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You don't want to lose a friendship
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There's nothing that you have to hide
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And a little dirt
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Couldn't hurt no one anyway
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And you still have a rage inside you
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That you carry with a certain pride
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In the only part of the broken heart
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That you could ever save
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But you've been through it once
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You know how it ends
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You don't see the point
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Of going through it again
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And this ain't the place
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And this ain't the time
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And neither's any other day
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So you can't talk about it
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Because you're following a code of silence
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You're never gonna to lose the anger
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You just deal with it a different way
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So you can't talk about it
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And isn't that a kind of madness
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To be living by a code of silence
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When you've really got a lot to say
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I know you well enough to tell you've got your reasons
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That's not the kind of code you're inclined to break
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Some things unknown are best left alone forever
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And if a vow is what it takes
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Haven't you paid for your mistakes
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After the moment passes
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And the impulse disappears
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You can still hold back
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Because you don't crack very easily
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It's a time honored resolution
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Because the danger is always near
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It's with you now
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But that ain't how it was supposed to be
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And it's hard to believe after all these years
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That it still gives you pain and it still brings tears
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And you feel like a fool
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Because it's part of your rules
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You've got a memory
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But you can't talk about it
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Because you're following a code of silence
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You're never gonna to lose the anger
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You just deal with it a different way
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But you can't talk about it
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And isn't that a kind of madness
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To be living by a code of silence
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When you've really got a lot to say
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Code Of Silence
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| Billy Joel |
