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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Billy Joel
Vocals
Doug Stegmeyer
Bass Guitar
Liberty De Vitto
Drums
Richie Cannata
Clarinet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Billy Joel
Songwriter
K. Ascher
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Billy Joel
Producer
John Bradley
Recording Engineer
Lou Waxman
Tape Preparation
Bruce Botnick
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
They say that these are not the best of times
But they're the only times I've ever known
And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own
Now I have seen that sad surrender in my lover's eyes
And I can only stand apart and sympathize
For we are always what our situations hand us
It's either sadness or euphoria
So, we'll argue and we'll compromise and realize that nothing's ever changed
For all our mutual experience, our separate conclusions are the same
Now we are forced to recognize our inhumanity
Our reason co-exists with our insanity
And though we choose between reality and madness
It's either sadness or euphoria
How thoughtlessly we dissipate our energies
Perhaps we don't fulfill each other's fantasies
And as we stand upon the ledges of our lives
With our respective similarities
It's either sadness or euphoria
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-ho-oh
Oh-oh-oh-ho-oh
Writer(s): Billy Joel
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