The Great Wall Of China Lyrics - River Of Dreams - Billy Joel

Advice is cheap you can take it from me 

It's yours to keep 'cause opinions are free 

Nobody knows about the trouble I've seen 

Nobody's perfect, mister, nobody's clean 

It costs too much and takes too long to find out too late 

Some words are not heard 'til after they're spoken 

Your role was protective, your soul was too defective 

Some people just don't have a heart to be broken 

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We could have gone all the way to the great wall of china 

If you'd only had a little more faith in me 

In lieu of diamonds, gold and platinum reminders will still shine bright 

All the king's men and all the king's horses 

Can't put you together the way you used to be 

We could have been standing on the great wall of china 

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You take a piece of whatever you touch 

Too many pieces means you're touching too much 

You never win if you can't play it straight 

You only beat me if you get me to hate 

It must be so lonely to think that you have only 

Somebody else's life to live if they let you 

I ain't too selective, but it don't take no detective 

To find out how fast your friends will forget you 

We could have gone all the way to the great wall of china 

Now all you're going to be is history 

Help yourself, it's all you can eat at the empire diner tonight 

You coulda had class, you coulda been a contender 

Charlie, you shoulda looked out for me 

You could have been standing, standing on the great wall of china 

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This was not your calling, just look how far you've fallen 

I heard your story, man, you've got to be joking 

Keep things in perspective, this is my true objective 

Why tear this heart out if it's only been broken? 

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