Joel, Billy - My Life Lyrics






Got a call from an old friend
We used to be real close
Said he couldn't go on the American way
Closed the shop, sold the house
Bought a ticket to the West Coast
Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A.

I don't need you to worry for me 'cause I'm alright
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life
Go ahead with your own life, leave me alone

I never said you had to offer me a second chance
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
I still belong, don't get me wrong
And you can speak your mind, but not on my time

They will tell you you can't sleep alone in a strange place
Then they'll tell you you can't sleep with somebody else
Ah, but sooner or later you sleep in your own space
Either way it's OK, you wake up with yourself

I don't need you to worry for me 'cause I'm alright
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life
Go ahead with your own life, leave me alone

I never said you had to offer me a second chance
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
I still belong, don't get me wrong
And you can speak your mind, but not on my time
I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life
Go ahead with your own life, leave me alone

Keep it to yourself it's my life.
Keep it to yourself it's my life.
Keep it to yourself it's my life.
Keep it to yourself it's my life.





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  1. C.... B....

    Phil Kenzie on the sax?

  2. t.... D....

    Always worth it to listen to the end "keep it 2 yourself it's my life"

  3. A.... M....

    💚💛💚💛Amo está música, recordo da minha mocidade que jamais voltará, como é bom recordar.💚💛💚💛saudade não tem idade 💚💛💚💛

  4. A.... C....

    I thought they were going to sing Eye of the tiger...

  5. S.... N....

    好熟悉的旋律,是不是有其他改变版本呢,想不起来了。

  6. S.... G....

    This guy had style ..a great voice talent charisma and made great songs like this one! PARABENS BILLY👍 🇧🇷! 👍

  7. S.... G....

    Brazil!!!!! 🇧🇷👍

  8. S.... G....

    Sou BRASILEIRA E ACHO O BILLY JOEL UM ENORME TALENTO! Muitas musicas do Billy em radios no BRAZIL! ISSO QUE E MUSICA!

  9. S.... G....

    The REAL PIANO MAN......

  10. S.... G....

    Wow that is a GREAT SONG! Great BILLIE JOEL!!!!!!! Genius!

  11. I.... L....

    His songs are like mini novels... how he managed to tell a story in about 5mn, especially something we relate to each time... a genius...

  12. L.... D....

    Forza Ln!!!💪⚁

    L.... D....

    Let's pass the time away by a discussion about cucumbers and tomatoes 😆🍅🥒...

  13. S.... f....

    wow... i didn kno Nas sample this song

  14. T.... R....

    Bosom Buddies brought me here.

  15. A.... G....

    Preciosa canción de mi juventud pasa el tiempo lo bueno perdura.

  16. N.... F....

    New York looked so GRIMY in these old videos

  17. A.... E....

    It’s the year 9000, and this song still sounds great!

  18. A.... C....

    2019, & it still sounds bout right... #vote 4 bernie2020

  19. C.... 2....

    Kinda applies to millennials 35 years after this was made
    They're not getting married or having kids parents complaining

    C.... 2....

    "You can speak your mind, but _not on my time."_

    ^'ok boomer,' spelled out in plain English.

    C.... 2....

    @Andrew S. Greig damn did we stumble on something!? haha

  20. B.... 1....

    So around his time of year. My family would all come together to celebrate the holidays. However a couple years back my two older sister had other plans and that REALLY upsets my mother. She crying and being really sad about it. My solution? I asked Alexa to play Billy and by convenience songs like “My life” “movin’ our” “You May be right” and “tell her about it”. All songs about living life how you want to live or telling someone something important, which made my mom realize my sisters are adults and they can do what they want. My mom felt alone but she wasn’t I reminded her she had me. So thank you Billy. For helping my mom realize she wasn’t alone for the holidays.

  21. E.... M....

    Looking like Sylvester Stallone

  22. S.... M....

    Still Love It.

  23. R.... L....

    This is wbat i want to say to my parents whenever they tell me what to do or how to live my life!
    It's my fucking life!!!!! 💢😡😠😫

  24. r.... ....

    Thanks Billy. I found old and good NY scene with your young face and figure. You always give us lonely but friendly face of the biggest city, its just New Yokrk, and America

  25. A.... ....

    Im selling this song in a vinil on Ebay

  26. S.... B....

    Can I get an amen

    S.... B....

    Amen! 🙏

  27. M.... H....

    Myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy life!

  28. H.... B....

    Listen from Mexico much !! Saludos amigos 👫 2019 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 🕺🏻💃

  29. M.... C....

    teenagers nowadays

  30. R.... G....

    This song bring back memories of riding the school us when I was 14 years living in the Netherlands. This song used to be played on the bus going to middle school. Good memories 😀

  31. P.... P....

    Sylvester Stallone is a good signer

  32. L.... P....

    As Moshiach ben Yosef I have been using rock and other music videos to communicate with the NINE as the perfect stegonographic medium....since APRIL OF 2013.

  33. B.... T....

    I have always loved how video looked like back then.

  34. S.... S....

    This is how I feel about a lot of things. I want to just start singing this to the person who is bossing me around.

  35. L.... L....

    I remember dancing in the surf at Deerfield Beach in a Marilyn Monroe dress, laughing and dancing in the surf an just having fun..I remember Eric from Norway telling me that this was his car a nd ai said okay, it was an Aston Martin, while I had to go to my Honda across the street but I had so much fun dancing the ocean! and laughing I so miss my life

  36. J.... B....

    Featuring Ron Jeremy on guitar, Meatloaf on bass, John Ritter on clarinet, and Elton John on drums.

  37. L.... L....

    and another time, I went flying up to DD in Jupiter off Indiantown not knowing..I walked in and there were the Jupiter FL police pretend police officers...T looked at me and I looked at the floor when one of them said with a smile, go ahead we already ordered and as I looked at him with incredible disdain I went up to T and ordered my coffee and they had already left...get the hint, you are not police officers you are a piece of shit...I went to my yellow beetle convertible and back to the beach...F&(&(&(* You all belong in hell!!! and you know it!

  38. L.... L....

    I will never ever forget the low life so called police officers in Jupiter. I always got up early and went to the beach with coffee.. At the three way stop past Jupiter Medical, I stopped and looked across where two of the low life had pulled someone over and I had this song playing...me in my yellow vw beetle convertible, and while beach dress, they just all looked at me..the guy in front and the one in back while the guy getting the ticket just smiled and I waved as I went by.....a f(&(& you smile on my face

  39. d.... k....

    Billy you are very respected in music . I could not afford your show but, much respect!! Love it!!

    d.... k....

    We love ya!

  40. U.... N....

    For the longest time I thought this song was written and sung by Paul McCartney!

    U.... N....

    Undead Nightorc are those first four words a pun? :)

  41. J.... J....

    I've heard this song literally everywhere for as long as I can remember.

  42. J.... B....

    0:08-0:13 That’s almost the Lick isn’t it?

  43. b.... b....

    tbh one of my fav songs of all time

  44. o.... ....

    this plays everyday at my work holy fuck I’m so annoyed of it lmaooo

  45. A.... S....

    This song makes a statement if you really listen. Basically I was tired of the way that my family treated me so I just stopped trying with them

    A.... S....

    @AMBER SCOTT, I FEEL YOU..my family is the same with me..they're all control freaks and I'm uncontrollable, so I leave them alone, lol!

  46. M.... R....

    Ilove Billy biutifull nice me gusta

  47. b.... ....

    Not sure why but I like videos where the band is walking somewhere to perform.

  48. M.... D....

    To all Billy Joel fans, who wants a musical drama biopic film about his life and career called “Piano Man”? Distributed by Columbia Pictures?
    👇🏽

    M.... D....

    I want it but perhaps not made by Columbia.

    M.... D....

    Hell no

  49. B.... N....

    Sylvester Stallone

  50. J.... S....

    Kick some ass, Piano Man!! 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

  51. T.... A....

    I like how this video begins : where going to a gang fight 🗡

  52. M.... E....

    Played this on my banjo. Also went to his concert.

  53. I.... Y....

    The beginning part is from Stiletto

  54. J.... R....

    Did they try to make a little mini movie??

  55. J.... L....

    Lots and lots of Superb Billy Joel songs, but this one is just simply music magic at its best.

  56. t.... ....

    The Baby Boomer anthem. “I don’t care what you say anymore, this is my life. Go ahead with your own life, leave me alone.” The douchiest generation of selfish pricks the US has ever spawned.

    t.... ....

    You're enjoying the benefits of the Boomer Generation you lazy snowflake.

    t.... ....

    lmaooo😂

  57. G.... M....

    que asco de musica billi

  58. N.... 2....

    Alan Brought me here

  59. P.... C....

    Sweet nostalgia indeed tbh !

  60. L.... D....

    Und es werd' Ln!!
    Mir egal, was nun passiert
    wenn Schnee und Regen fällt
    wenn auch die Welt untergeht
    immer wieder Ln!!!🥭💪


    PS.: 55 Punkte werden´s noch!!! Auf geht´s!!!!!

    L.... D....

    Nö, 70 Punkte!!! Auf geht's 😄⚁💪

  61. X.... P....

    Today was my first time finding this Gem

  62. J.... H....

    punks with saxophones. Our World could use this.

  63. J.... W....

    I always wondered who was that at the beginning of the video walking past the garbage? At first I thought that’s Billy but it can’t be Billy was wearing a leather jacket standing in the park and the dude walking by was in a t shirt!!He still looks like a part of Billy’s entourage whoever he is!!

  64. D.... S....

    Billy Joel in the late 70’s/early 80’s was straight up making great after great song, definitely his prime.

  65. m.... f....

    HE'S SO LITTLE AND HE'S TRYING SO HARD TO LOOK TOUGH

  66. M.... L....

    Billys singing voice is quite simular to Paul McCartneys.
    Great tune nevertheless👌

  67. D.... L....

    Oh s*** this that Jay-Z song. Such a troll this guy. Jay Z did this in the 90s. So what if this Billy Joel song is from the 70s. Jay was first to do it in the 90s then Billy Joel in the 70s. In that order. Pay attention now

  68. �.... ....

    Miranda

  69. S.... S....

    Billy was always watching and singing from my behind.
    うれしい時も 悲しい時も。

  70. B.... C....

    Extraordinario tema como la mayoria d Bily

  71. G.... K....

    Love you.

  72. L.... D....

    Und es werde Ln
    Scheißegal zu welcher Jahreszeit
    Wenn auch die Welt untergeht
    IMMER WIEDER Ln⚁💪🍻

  73. �.... �....

    Stallone man ))

  74. s.... ....

    " Go ahead with your own life, leave me alone! ". If this isn't a anti-bulling song, well! Wouldn't hurt to play it to nosy and opinionated neighbors either. Let's not forget about families. The list goes on........

  75. G.... S....

    he is the real piano man with this song!!

  76. G.... S....

    loved this song since I heard it on bosom buddies tv show in the 80s

  77. L.... D....

    *Geil* !!! Noch ein Song der zu Ln passt!⚁💪🍻

    Alles eine Frage der Interpretation!

    Die Musik beginnt ab 1:18

  78. D.... ....

    A timeless classic 🔥🔥🔥 a favorite song of mine as a kid 🤩🗽🤩

  79. T.... S....

    When you don't want your girlfriend anymore

  80. A.... ....

    I’ve always loved the transition from “Stiletto” to “My Life”

  81. M.... F....

    As long as I live I will never get tired of My Life by the greatest Billy Joe best songwriter of his era I never go out of style to all the Billy Joel fans keep on listening and rocking out to all his Tunes.

  82. �.... ....

    自分はビ-トルズ派じゃなくてビリ-ジョエル派でした。大好きでしたね。

  83. D.... B....

    Music is great, it’s like medicine but for the soul, and also can help your leg feel better.

  84. B.... ....

    I like the intro music!

  85. Y.... G....

    This piano is brillient!!!

  86. T.... R....

    this song is dedicated to my anxiety

    T.... R....

    Bruh fr

  87. T.... J....

    Although I do like a lot of his hits.

  88. T.... J....

    I'm soon obseesed with song that I just cannot be asked to listen to anything eles by him.

  89. T.... 1....

    I swear this song always reminded me of a sitcom intro.

    T.... 1....

    Bosom Buddies

    T.... 1....

    @FoxNewsChannelSux that's it, I couldn't think of the name of the show. Thanks

    T.... 1....

    4 days late to posting
    something very similar 👍

  90. F.... C....

    INOLVIDABLE!.....👍🎵🎶♥

  91. D.... H....

    🥀🖤🥀AMAZING SONG🥀🖤🥀☝️

  92. T.... ....

    0:52 Me and the boys in the 70s.

  93. M.... ....

    Can anyone tell me where I can find the audio heard during the intro? Is it on the 52nd Street album? Someone please help.

  94. T.... m....

    My little daughter Ashley says this is my song. Lol

  95. S.... ....

    Modern music can never match the pure beauty of Billy Joel, Elton John, Queen the beatles etc.

  96. P.... M....

    Its Lionel Messi? 1:02

  97. C.... S....

    Nenhum BR nessa obra prima?? 🇧🇷

  98. H.... U....

    Octubre 2019 ?

  99. C.... ....

    Why did I only recently find this song instead of when I turned 18, this would have been the only song I'd listen to!

  100. G.... P....

    "My Life is a song by Billy Joel that first appeared on his 6th studio album "52nd Street" (1978). A single version was released in the fall of 1978 and reached #2 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart. Early the next year it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.

    The song begins with drums and electric bass, followed by a keyboard riff. The riff is also used as a fill between verse and chorus sections and is also played at the end. The section order is intro-verse-fill-chorus-bridge-v-f-c-b-solo-c-outro.

    Chicago members Peter Cetera and Donnie Dacus performed the backing vocals and sang along with Billy Joel during the bridge and in the outro ("Keep it to yourself, it’s my life").

    "My Life" was used as the theme song for the ABC television series "Bosom Buddies" (1980-1982), albeit in a re-recorded version with a different vocalist. However, due to licensing issues it does not appear on the VHS and DVD releases of the series, nor is it used in the show’s syndicated airings; in both cases, it is replaced by a vocal version of the show’s closing instrumental theme, "Shake Me Loose", sung by Stephanie Mills, who, like Billy Joel, also originated from New York City.

    The differences between single and album version are the following:

    • The intro and the interlude that follows are abridged.

    • The interludes between the verses and refrains are cut in half.

    • The instrumental break that follows the second bridge is deleted, which was done by a very crude razor blade splice, such that drummer Liberty DeVitto’s cymbal crash appears to be audibly severed.

    Billy Joel – lead and backing vocals, piano, synthesizers
    Doug Stegmeyer – bass
    Liberty DeVitto – drums
    Russell Javors – acoustic guitar
    David Brown – electric guitar
    Richie Cannata – clarinet
    Donnie Dacus and Peter Cetera – backing vocals