The Great Wall Of China (12 Gardens Live)-Billy Joel

[00:00.00]Vocal：Billy Joel/Leslie West [00:26.97]Advice is cheap you can take it from me [00:31.08]It's yours to keep 'cause opinions are free [00:35.43]Nobody knows about the trouble I've seen [00:39.90]Nobody's perfect, mister, nobody's clean [00:44.31]It costs too much and takes too long to find out too late [00:48.60]Some words are not heard 'til after they're spoken [00:53.07]Your role was protective, your soul was too defective [00:57.48]Some people just don't have a heart to be broken [01:00.96]CHORUS [01:01.89]We could have gone all the way to the Great Wall of China [01:06.36]If you'd only had a little more faith in me [01:11.40]In lieu of diamonds, gold and platinum reminders will still shine bright [01:15.24]All the king's men and all the king's horses [01:23.31]Can't put you together the way you used to be [01:28.29]We could have been standing on the Great Wall of China [01:41.49]You take a piece of whatever you touch [01:43.35]Too many pieces means you're touching too much [01:50.34]You never win if you can't play it straight [01:54.72]You only beat me if you get me to hate [01:59.13]It must be so lonely to think that you have only [02:03.39]Somebody else's life to live if they let you [02:08.67]I ain't too selective, but it don't take no detective [02:12.33]To find out how fast your friends will forget you [02:15.00]We could have gone all the way to the Great Wall of China [02:21.15]Now all you're going to be is history [02:25.26]Help yourself, it's all you can eat at the Empire Diner tonight [02:34.71]You coulda had class, you coulda been a contender [02:37.86]Charlie, you shoulda looked out for me [02:43.20]You could have been standing, standing on the Great Wall of China [03:24.99]This was not your calling, just look how far you've fallen [03:29.52]I heard your story, man, you've got to be joking [03:33.81]Keep things in perspective, this is my true objective [03:38.19]Why tear this heart out if it's only been broken? [03:41.46]CHORUS