Keeping the Faith 12" Lyrics

The song Keeping the Faith 12" is performed by Billy Joel in the album named My Lives in the year 2005 .



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

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

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 Luckies and a mint called Sen-Sen
My old man's Trojans and his Old Spice after shave
Oh, I 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 s*x 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
You know I'm keeping the faith, oh yes I am
You know I'm keeping the faith, oh you are
(FADE: You know I'm keeping the faith, oh yeah...)



Billy Joel - My Lives

Nov 2005

  1. My Journey's End * - The Lost Souls
  2. Time And Time Again * – Lost Souls
  3. Every Step I Take (Every Move I Make) - The Hassles
  4. You’ve Got Me Hummin' - The Hassles
  5. Amplifier Fire – Attila
  6. Only A Man * (Demo, Never Released)
  7. She's Got A Way (Album Version)
  8. Oyster Bay * (Demo, Never Released)
  9. Piano Man * (Demo, Never Released)
  10. The Siegfried Line* (Demo, Never Released)
  11. New Mexico * (Demo, Never Released - Became “Worse Comes to Worst”)
  12. Cross To Bear * (Demo, Never Released)
  13. Miami 2017 * (Demo, Never Released)
  14. These Rhinestone Days * (Demo, Never Released – Became “I Loved These Days”)
  15. Everybody Has A Dream
  16. Only The Good Die Young * (Alternate Version, Never Released)
  17. Until The Night (Album Version)
  18. Zanzibar (Album Verison, Unfaded)
  19. It's Still Rock and Roll To Me (Album Version)
  20. Captain Jack * (Live Version, Never Released)
  21. The End Of The World * (Demo, Never Released -Became “Elvis Presley Blvd”)
  22. The Prime Of Your Life * (Demo, Never Released - Became "For Longest Time")
  23. She’s Right On Time (Album Version)
  24. Elvis Presley Blvd.
  25. Nobody Knows But Me
  26. An Innocent Man (album Version)
  27. Christie Lee * (Demo, Never Released)
  28. Easy Money (Album Version)
  29. And So It Goes * (Demo, Never Released)
  30. I'll Cry Instead (live)
  31. Keeping the Faith 12"
  32. Modern Woman (Album Version)
  33. Baby Grand with Ray Charles
  34. Getting Closer with Steve Winwood * (Alternate Version, Never released)
  35. House Of Blue Light
  36. Money Or Love * (Demo, Never Released)
  37. The Times They Are A Changin' (Live Album Version)
  38. The Downeaster “Alexa” (Album Version)
  39. I Go To Extremes * (Live, Never Released)
  40. Shout
  41. All Shook Up
  42. Heartbreak Hotel
  43. When You Wish Upon A Star
  44. In A Sentimental Mood
  45. Motorcycle Song * (Demo, Never Released - Became “All About Soul”)
  46. You Picked A Real Bad Time
  47. The River Of Dreams * (Alternate Version, Never Released)
  48. Hard Days Night
  49. Light As The Breeze
  50. To Make You Feel My Love
  51. Hey Girl
  52. Why Should I Worry
  53. Where Were You On Our Wedding Day (album version)
  54. Highway 61 Revisited * (Demo, Never Released)
  55. Movin’ Out
  56. You May Be Right duet with Elton John * (Live, Never Released)
  57. Big Shot
  58. Don’t Worry Baby
  59. Goodnight Saigon – Vietnam Veterans Version
  60. Los Angelenos
  61. New York State Of Mind
  62. Opus 1. Soliloquy (On A Separation)
  63. Opus 8. Suite For Piano (Star Crossed)
  64. Elegy: The Great Peconic
  65. No Man's Land
  66. Pressure
  67. Ballad Of Billy The Kid
  68. Leningrad
  69. Allentown
  70. My Life
  71. I Go To Extremes
  72. Shades Of Grey
  73. The River Of Dreams
  74. Goodnight Saigon
  75. We Didn't Start the Fire
  76. Hard Days Night
  77. Big Shot
  78. Piano Man

Keeping the Faith 12"