If it seems like I've been lost
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In let's remember
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If you think I'm feeling older
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And missing my younger days
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Oh, then you should have known me much better
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'Cause my past is something that never
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Got in my way
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Oh no
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Still I would not be here now
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If I never had the hunger
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And I'm not ashamed to say
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The wild boys were my friends
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Oh
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'Cause I never felt the desire
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'Til their music set me on fire
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And then I was saved, yeah
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That's why I'm keeping the faith
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Keeping the faith
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We wore old matador boots
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Only Flagg Brothers had them with a Cuban heel
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Iridescent socks with the same color shirt
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And a tight pair of chinos
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Oh
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I put on my shark skin jacket
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You know the kind with the velvet collar
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And ditty-bop shades
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Oh yeah
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies
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And a mint called Sen-Sen
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My old man's Trojans
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And his Old Spice after shave
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Oh
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Combed my hair in a pompadour
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Like the rest of the Romeos wore
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A permanent wave, Yeah
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We were keeping the faith
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Keeping the faith
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You can get just so much
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From a good thing
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You can linger too long
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In your dreams
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Say goodbye to the
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Oldies but goodies
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'Cause the good ole days weren't
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Always good
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And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems
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Learned stickball as a formal education
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Lost a lot of fights
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But it taught me how to lose O.K.
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Oh, I heard about sex
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But not enough
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I found you could dance
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And still look tough anyway
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Oh yes I did
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I found out a man ain't just being macho
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Ate an awful lot of late night drive-in food
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Drank a lot of take home pay
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I thought I was the Duke of Earl
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When I made it with a red-haired girl
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In the Chevrolet. Oh yeah
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We were keeping the faith
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Keeping the faith
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You know the good ole days weren't always good
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And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems
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I told you my reasons
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For the whole revival
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Now I'm going outside to have
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An ice cold beer in the shade
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Oh, I'm going to listen to my 45's
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Ain't it wonderful to be alive
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When the rock 'n' roll plays, yeah
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When the memory stays, yeah
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I'm keeping the faith
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Keeping the faith
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I'm keeping the faith,
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Yes I am
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Keeping The Faith
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| Billy Joel |
