Álbum The Nylon Curtain de Billy Joel - Canciones

The Nylon Curtain

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  1. AllentownVer letra 3:50

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    letra de Allentown

    Well we're living here in Allentown
    And they're closing all the factories down
    Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
    Filling out forms
    Standing in line
    Well our fathers fought the Second World War
    Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
    Met our mothers in the USO
    Asked them to dance
    Danced with them slow
    And we're living here in Allentown
    But the restlessness was handed down
    And it's getting very hard to stay
    Well we're waiting here in Allentown
    For the Pennsylvania we never found
    For the promises our teachers gave
    If we worked hard
    If we behaved
    So the graduations hang on the wall
    But they never really helped us at all
    No they never taught us what was real
    Iron and coal
    Chromium steel
    And we're waiting here in Allentown
    But they've taken all the coal from the ground
    And the union people crawled away
    Every child has a pretty good shot
    To get at least as far as their old man got
    But something happened on the way to that place
    They threw an American flag in our face
    Well I'm living here in Allentown
    And it's hard to keep a good man down
    But I won't be getting up today
    And we're living here in Allentown

  2. LauraVer letra 5:02

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    letra de Laura

    Laura
    Calls me
    In the middle of the night
    Passes on her
    Painful information
    Then these careless fingers
    They get caught in her vice
    Til they're bleeding
    On my coffee table
    Living alone isn't all that
    It's cracked up to be
    I'm on her side
    Why does she push the poison on me?
    Laura
    Has a very hard time
    All her life has
    Been one long disaster
    Then she tells me
    She suddenly believes she's seen
    A very good sign
    She'll be taking
    Some aggressive action
    I fight her wars
    While she's slamming her doors
    In my face
    Failure to break
    Was the only mistake
    That she made
    Here I am
    Feeling like a fucking fool
    Do I react the way exactly
    She intends me to?
    Everytime I think I'm off the hook
    She makes me lose my cool
    I'm her machine
    And she can punch all the keys
    She can push any button I was programmed through
    Laura
    Calls me
    When she needs a good fix
    All her questions
    Will get sympathetic answers
    I should
    Be so
    Immunized
    To all of her tricks
    She's surviving
    On her second chances
    Sometimes I feel like this
    Godfather deal is all wrong
    How can she hold an umbilical chord
    For so long?
    I've done everything I can
    What else am I supposed to do
    I'm her machine
    And she can punch all the keys
    She can push any button I was programmed through
    Laura
    Loves me
    Even if I don't care
    That's my problem
    That's her sacred absolution
    If she had to
    She would put herself in my chair
    Even though I
    Faced electrocution
    She always says
    I'm the best friend that
    She's ever had
    How do you
    Hang up on someone
    Who needs you that bad?

    Músicos invitados: String Fever (Strings)
  3. PressureVer letra 4:38

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    letra de Pressure

    You have to learn to pace yourself
    Pressure
    You're just like everybody else
    Pressure
    You've only had to run so far
    So good
    But you will come to a place
    Where the only thing you feel
    Are loaded guns in your face
    And you'll have to deal with
    Pressure
    You used to call me paranoid
    Pressure
    But even you can not avoid
    Pressure
    You turned the tap dance into your crusade
    Now here you are with your faith
    And your Peter Pan advice
    You have no scars on your face
    And you cannot handle pressure
    All grown up and no place to go
    Psych 1, Psych 2
    What do you know?
    All your life is Channel 13
    Sesame Street
    What does it mean?
    Pressure
    Pressure
    Don't ask for help
    You're all alone
    Pressure
    You'll have to answer
    To your own
    Pressure
    I'm sure you'll have some cosmic rationale
    But here you are in the ninth
    Two men out and three men on
    Nowhere to look but inside
    Where we all respond to
    Pressure
    Pressure
    All your life is Time magazine
    I read it too
    What does it mean?
    Pressure
    I'm sure you'll have some cosmic rationale
    But here you are with your faith
    And your Peter Pan advice
    You have no scars on your face
    And you cannot handle pressure
    Pressure, pressure
    One, two, three, four
    Pressure

  4. Goodnight SaigonVer letra 6:58

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    letra de Goodnight Saigon

    We met as soulmates
    On Parris Inland
    We left as inmates
    From an asylum
    And we were sharp
    As sharp as knives
    And we were so gung ho to lay down our lives.
    We came in spastic
    Like tameless horses
    We left in plastic
    As numbered corpses
    And we learned fast
    To travel light
    Our arms were heavy but our bellies were tight
    We had no homefront
    We had no soft soap
    They sent us Playboy
    They gave us Bob Hope
    We dug in deep
    And shot on sight
    And prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might.
    We had no cameras
    To shoot the landscape
    We passed the hash pipe
    And played our Doors tapes
    And it was dark...
    So dark at night
    And we held onto each other
    Like brother to brother
    We promised our mothers we'd write
    And we would all go down together
    We said we'd all go down together
    Yes we would all go down together.
    Remember Charlie?
    Remember Baker?
    They left their childhood
    On every acre
    And who was wrong,
    And who was right?
    It didn't matter in the thick of the fight
    We, held the day
    In the palm of our hands
    They, ruled the night
    And the night, seemed to last as long as six weeks
    On Parris Island
    We held the coastline
    They held the highland
    And they were sharp
    As sharp as knives
    They heard the hum of the motors
    They counted the rotors
    And waited for us to arrive
    And we would all go down together
    We said we'd all go down together
    Yes we would all go down together.

    Músicos invitados: Bill Zampino (Drums [Field Snare])
  5. She's Right on Time 4:11
  6. A Room of Our OwnVer letra 4:00

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    letra de A Room of Our Own

    You've got diamonds and I've got spades
    You've got pills
    And I've got razor blades
    You've got yoga honey
    I've got beer
    You got overpriced
    And I got weird
    But it's alright
    We're the same even though we're alone
    It's alright
    Yes we all need a room of our own
    You've got love darlin'
    I've got sex
    You've got cash, mama
    And I've got checks
    You've got business, baby
    I've got the kids
    You got crowded just the way I did
    But it's alright
    Cause we all need a place to call home
    It's alright
    Yes we all need a room of our own
    I can still remember packed together
    Like a can of sardines
    No, no, no
    Pushin', shovin'
    That's when lovin'
    Starts to come apart at the seams
    Oh no, no, no, no
    You've got the day shift
    I've got nights
    We go wrong at times
    But we've got rights
    You've got TV shows
    I've got crime
    But you've got your room, honey
    And I've got mine
    It's alright
    It's the one thing that we should have known
    Yes, it's alright
    Yes, we all need a room of our own
    And it's alright
    Yes we all need a place to call home
    It's alright
    Yes we all need a room of our own
    It's alright
    It's alright
    To have a room of your own
    No, no, no, it's alright
    Yeah it's alright mama
    To have a room of our own
    Sometimes you've got to get away
    Got to get away
    Got to get away
    Got to get away to a room of our own
    Got to have a room
    Got to have a little elbow room of my own.

  7. SurprisesVer letra 3:28

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    letra de Surprises

    Don't get excited
    Don't say a word
    Nobody noticed
    Nothing was heard
    It was committed discreetly
    It was handled so neatly
    And it shouldn't surprise you at all
    You know
    Break all the records
    Burn the cassettes
    I'd be lying if I told you
    That I had no regrets
    There were so many mistakes
    And what a difference it makes
    But still it shouldn't surprise you at all
    You know
    I said it shouldn't surprise you at all
    You know
    Don't look now but you have changed
    Your best friends wouldn't tell you
    Now it's apparent
    Now it's a fact
    So marshal your forces
    For another attack
    You were so young and naive
    I know it's hard to believe
    But now it shouldn't surprise you at all
    You know
    No it shouldn't surprise you at all
    You know
    What has it cost you
    What have you won
    The sins of the fathers
    Are the sins of the sons
    It was always within you
    It will always continue
    But it shouldn't surprise you at all
    You know
    I said it shouldn't surprise you at all
    You know

  8. Scandinavian SkiesVer letra 5:59

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    letra de Scandinavian Skies

    The sins of Amsterdam
    Were still a recent surprise
    And we were flying over
    Scandinavian Skies
    We climbed towards the sun
    We turned and cursed as one
    We pulled the shades
    And closed our eyes
    The Stockholm city lights
    Were slowly starting to rise
    And we were strapped against
    Those Scandinavian skies
    The landing gear came down
    And touched the Swedish ground
    And we were all so paralyzed
    On the plane
    We were mainly sound and lights
    In the veins
    We could play the blues all night
    The tour of Germany
    Was bleeding into our eyes
    And we were sailing over
    Scandinavian skies
    We had the Midas touch
    Until we met the Dutch
    And they exhausted our supplies
    Who's to pay?
    For this international flight
    Who could stay
    We were only there for the night
    We watched the power fall
    Inside the Olso hall
    While all the cold Norweigians cried
    Who could say
    What was left and where was right?
    By the way
    I could play the blues all night

    Músicos invitados: String Fever (Strings), Rob Mounsey (Synthesizer)
  9. Where's the Orchestra? 3:16
    Músicos invitados: Dominic Cortese (Accordion), Charles McCracken (Cello), Eddie Daniels (Saxophone), Eddie Daniels (Clarinet)

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