Getting Closer Lyrics

Billy Joel - Getting Closer Lyrics

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Getting Closer Lyrics

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