Big Man On Mulberry Street Lyrics

Why can't I lay low
Why can't I say what I mean
Why don't I stay home
And get myself into some boring routine

Why can't I calm down
Why is it always a fight
I can't get unwound
Why do I throw myself into the night

I'm on the outside
I don't fit into the groove
Now I ain't a bad guy
So tell me what am I trying to prove

Why can't I cool out
Why don't I button my lip
Why do I lash out
Why is it I always shoot from the hip

I cruise from Houston to canal street
A misfit and a rebel
I see the winds talking to themselves
And I can understand
Why is it everytime I go out
I always seem to get in trouble
I guess I made an impression on somebody
North of hester and south of grand

And so in my small way
I'm a big man on Mulberry street
I don't mean all day
Only at night when I'm light on my feet

What else have I got
That I'd be trying to hide
Maybe a blind spot
I haven't seen from the sensitive side

But you know in my own heart
I'm a big man on Mulberry street
I play the whole part
I leave a big tip with every receipt

I'm so romantic
I'm such a pa*sionate man
Sometimes I panic
What if nobody finds out who I am

Billy Joel - 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert

May 2000

1. Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
2. Big Shot (Live)
3. Movin' Out (Live)
4. Summer Highland Falls (Live)
5. The Ballad Of Billy The Kid (Live)
6. Don't Ask Me Why (Live)
7. New York State Of Mind (Live)
8. I've Loved These Days (Live)
9. My Life (Live)
10. Allentown (Live)
11. Prelude/Angry Young Man (Live)
12. Only The Good Die Young (Live)
13. I Go To Extremes (Live)
14. Goodnight Saigon (Live)
15. We Didn't Start The Fire (Live)
16. Big Man On Mulberry Street (Live)
17. 2000 Years
18. Auld Lang Syne
19. River Of Dreams
20. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant (Live)
21. Dance To The Music
22. Honky Tonk Women
23. It's Still Rock And Roll To Me (Live)
24. You May Be Right (Live)
25. This Night (Live)