Billy Joel Getting Closer
I went searching for the truthBut in my innocence I found All the con men and their acrobatsWho stomped me in the ground If I count up their percentagesI know they're getting rich But they haven't taken everythingThose paybacks are a bitch Though I've lost quite a lotI am still in controlThey can keep what they've got But they can't have my soulAnd if I don't have this all worked out Still I'm getting closer, getting closerI still have far to go no doubt But I'm getting closer, getting closerWhat was ripped off by professionals Is not all that it seemsWhile I must live up to contracts I did not give up my dreamsIf I see it as experienceIt hasn't gone to waste Lately all the missing piecesHave been falling into place And if I could go back and start over somehowI would not change that much Knowing what I know nowThought there have been sinsI will regret Still I'm getting close, getting closerI don't have all the answers yet But I'm getting closer, getting closerI'm a mark for every shyster From Topanga to BerlinAnd I should have learned to kick them out As soon as they crawled inSo to every bank in Switzerland That stores my stolen youthI'm alright because despite the laws You cannot hide the truthAnd although you will sayI am still too naive Well, I have not lost faithIn the things I believe And if I don't have this all worked outStill I'm getting closer, getting closer I still have far to go no doubtBut I'm still getting closer, getting closer
