Joel, Billy - Ain't No Crime Lyrics

the greatest all time

Very underrated.

Billy Joel is the best

Great Billy Joel

can someone tell me how this didn’t hit the charts at all in 1973?

Leon Russell inspired.

I see him on a old boat on a New Orleans river, damn that beautiful!

It was 1982. First year at Arizona State University. My roommate Dave discovers Billy is playing at the little venue there on campus at ASU. First time I ever saw him live and it was this tiny venue at ASU. After that "Nylon Curtain" tour, I have seen Billy over a dozen times live. You never forget your first. I remember running out and buying the "Piano Man" cassette tape after the tour to play in my Sony Walkman, of course! :-)

Billy Joel is the Grand

You got to open your eyes in the morning
Nine o'clock comin' with out any warnin'
And you gotta get ready to go
You say you went out late last evenin'
Did a lot of drinkin'
Come home stinkin'
And you went and fell asleep on the floor
And then your lady comes and finds you asleepin'
Starts in to weepin' 'bout the hours you been keepin'
And you better get your ass out the door
Ain't no crime
Say everybody gets that way some time
Ain't no crime
You know it's good to get it on to get a load off your mind
Oh no, it ain't no crime. Oh.
You got to open your eyes in the morning
Nine o'clock comin' with out any warnin'
And you gotta get ready to go
Well now you tell me you love somebody
And you'll love 'em forever
You may love 'em forever
But you won't like 'em all of the time
Well now you tell me you need somebody for the rest of your life
You might have somebody
But you won't want 'em everyday
Ain't no crime
Say ev'rybody gets that way some time
Ain't no crime
Well it's just human nature
Happens all the time
Oh no, it ain't no crime. Oh
And just as surely as the wind keeps blowin'
The grass keeps growin'
You gotta keep goin'
And the Lord have mercy on your soul
La, la la la.

Half a pint of vodka and a line of speed for breakfast.....Ain't no fucking crime baby!!

I loved this tune when I was little in the mid 80's!!

.....u He2b....

Might be my favourite album of all time

Just a magnificent song. Thanks William Joel.

Next up, the wonderful, the fantastic, Patrishka, the dancing bear!

Don't think it's the "title track" lol. Good song though!

Classic Billy Joel.

quite the entertainer ,

Cheeky bugger

excellent

"Ain't No Crime"

You got to open your eyes in the morning
Nine o'clock comin' 'out any warnin'
Gotta get ready to go
You say you went out late last evenin'
Did a lot of drinkin'
Come home stinkin'
And you went and fell asleep on the floor
And then your lady comes and finds you asleepin'
Starts in to weepin' 'bout the hours you been keepin'
And you better get your ass out the door

Ain't no crime
Yeah, it's good to get it on to get a load off your mind
It ain't no crime
Well, everybody gets that way some time
It ain't no crime. Ooooh.

You got to open your eyes in the mornin'
Nine o'clock comin' without any warnin'
Gots'ta get ready to go
Well now you tell me you love somebody
And you'll love 'em forever
You may love 'em forever
But you won't like 'em all of the time
Well now you tell me you need somebody for the rest of your life
You might have somebody
But you won't want 'em ev'ryday

Ain't no crime
Well it's just human nature
Happens all the time
It ain't no crime
Well don't think twice about it
Get it off your mind
Ain't no crime. Ooooh.

Ain't no crime
Well, it's good to get it on to get a load off your mind
I say it ain't no crime
Well it's just human nature
Happens all the time
It ain't no crime. Ooooh.
You got to open your eyes in the morning
Nine o'clock comin' 'out any warnin'
You gotta get ready to go

And just as surely as the wind keeps blowin'
The grass keeps growin'
You gotta keep goin'
And the Lord have mercy on your soul.
Woooh.

Piano man? True, but I also believe he's the Stranger.

Whatever he is, he certainly is quite the entertainer

And full of surprises

Well we'll find out what he really is somewhere along the line

Maybe we'll stop in Nevada

No he’s the downtown man

I love the tune, it makes you want to get up and dance.

Awesome! Love this song!