Keeping The Faith

by Billy Joel


Lyrics:

If it seems like I've been lost
In let's remember
If you think I'm feeling older
And missing my younger days

Oh, then you should have known me much better
'Cause my past is something that never
Got in my way
Oh no

Still, I would not be here now
If I never had the hunger
And I'm not ashamed to say
The wild boys were my friends

Oh
'Cause I never felt the desire
'Til their music set me on fire
And then I was saved, yeah
That's why I'm keeping the faith
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the faith

We wore old matador boots
Only Flagg Brothers had them with a Cuban heel
Iridescent socks with the same color shirt
And a tight pair of chinos

Oh
I put on my shark skin jacket
You know the kind with the velvet collar
And ditty-bop shades
Oh yeah

I took a fresh pack of Luckies
And a mint called Sen-Sen
My old man's Trojans
And his Old Spice after shave

Oh
Combed my hair in a pompadour
Like the rest of the Romeos wore
A permanent wave, Yeah
We were keeping the faith
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the faith

You can get just so much from a good thing
You can linger too long in your dreams
Say goodbye to the oldies but goodies
'Cause the good ole days weren't always good
And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems

Learned stickball as a formal education
Lost a lot of fights
But it taught me how to lose OK

Oh, I heard about sex
But not enough
I found you could dance
And still look tough anyway
Oh yes I did

I found out a man ain't just being macho
Ate an awful lot of late night drive-in food
Drank a lot of take home pay

I thought I was the Duke of Earl
When I made it with a red-haired girl
In the Chevrolet, oh yeah
We were keeping the faith
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the faith

Oh, oh, oh
You know the good ole days weren't always good
And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems

I told you my reasons
For the whole revival
Now I'm going outside to have
An ice cold beer in the shade

Oh, I'm going to listen to my 45's
Ain't it wonderful to be alive
When the rock 'n' roll plays, yeah
When the memory stays, yeah
I'm keeping the faith
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the faith
I'm keeping the faith
Yes I am



Keeping The Faith is the tenth (10th) song on the Innocent Man album and the first (1st) song on the Greatest Hits 3 album. It is an original song by Billy Joel.

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