Joel, Billy - Last Of The Big Time Spenders Lyrics

Nice Leon Russell inspired song. Big influence Billy and Elton... Another LR inspired song by Billy: Ain't no Crime. Another excellent non-hit.

Sing it to us, Billy....

Love the quote of the synth melody from The Entertainer at 3:35.

one of the most beautiful ballads ever!

7 people dislike this, I dislike 7 people.

The best work of most artists are when they are young and in their 20's and 30's. Billy would have been 25 at this time. The Beatles were like 26-28 writing Rubber Soul and Sgt Pepper. Wonderful music!

Well if money makes a rich man
Then I might never make the grade
I'll be a small time operator
If I just get the landlord paid
But if time is an indication
Of the wealth that I never knew
Then I'm the last of the big time spenders
'Cause I've been spending time on you, woo oo oo woo
It takes time to appreciate
Lord knows that you can learn to hate it
I believe, 'cause I've been there too
When it gets down to desperation
You make the best of the situation
I can tell, I've seen it through, oh, oh, oh
Though it seems like the day is wasted
And the nights have been overdue
Well, I'm the last of the big time spenders
And I've been spendin' time on you, woo oo oo woo
It's been so long since we got together
In between it seems to take forever
But I'm a dreamer, I'll be there soon
It takes time to appreciate
All of those that you can learn to hate
I believe, I've seen it through, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
You can call me the Great Pretender
And in a way it might be true
But I'm the last of the big time spenders
And I've been spendin' time on you, woo oo oo woo

I love the steel guitar in this song

I love this whole album. This is one of my favorites

Absolutely my favorite Billy Joel tracks. This song is awesome....

Billy Joel is the Grand

Billy Joel is the Grand

This could be my theme song for the last ten years !

Amazing Billy

this piano tune is so rooted in the gospel genre. WOW...love it.

What a song. What a voice.

One of the most underrated songs in his entire catalog...this and Sleeping with the Television On never get the attention they deserve IMO

I'm so glad to see another person mention how underrated (and less known) SWTTO is. Thank you so much for that.

It's a shame this album never got the attention it deserved... it's one of Joel's best.

Listening to this song on my Billy Joel playlist which contains thirty songs. Twenty-six of them are from albums none more recent than The Stranger. I prefer Billy Joel the singer-songwriter and much of his later stuff is lost on me. Since you consider Streetlife Serenader one of his best albums, I'll guess you too prefer his singer-songwriter catalog no?

Sam the Pony Man I agree. Great album

It's reminds me of gambling and drinking in casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada.

+Brett Koeshall  I'm thinking Caillou: The Little Brat may be the most correctly named character on this here deal...and it's possible you could have been in Las Vegas, New Mexico and you were doing acid and only thought you were in a casino in the other Vegas...hey. it could happen!

+Caillou: The Little Brat haha, funny guy right here!

I'm in SSD and there's this kid in my class always talking about him my teacher calls him a winer

Not the kid of course