Getting Closer Lyrics - Billy Joel

I went searching for the truth 

But in my innocence I found 

All the con men and their acrobats 

Who stomped me in the ground 

If I count up their percentages 

I know they're getting rich 

But they haven't taken everything 

Those paybacks are a bitch 

Though I've lost quite a lot 

I am still in control 

They can keep what they've got 

But they can't have my soul 

And if I don't have this all worked out 

Still I'm getting closer, getting closer 

I still have far to go no doubt 

But I'm getting closer, getting closer 

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What was ripped off by professionals 

Is not all that it seems 

While I must live up to contracts 

I did not give up my dreams 

If I see it as experience 

It hasn't gone to waste 

Lately all the missing pieces 

Have been falling into place 

And if I could go back and start over somehow 

I would not change that much 

Knowing what I know now 

Thought there have been sins 

I will regret 

Still I'm getting close, getting closer 

I don't have all the answers yet 

But I'm getting closer, getting closer 

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I'm a mark for every shyster 

From topanga to berlin 

And I should have learned to kick them out 

As soon as they crawled in 

So to every bank in switzerland 

That stores my stolen youth 

I'm all right because despite the laws 

You cannot hide the truth 

And although you will say 

I am still too naive 

But I have not lost faith 

In the things I believe 

And if I don't have a this all worked out 

Still I'm getting closer, getting closer 

I still have far to go no doubt 

But I'm still getting closer, getting closer