Keeping The Faith Lyrics - 12 Gardens Live - Billy Joel

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 

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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 

Photos 

We wore matador boots 

Only flagg brothers had them with the 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 luckys 

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 o.k. 

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 

You know the good ole days weren't 

Always good 

And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems 

Now 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