The song Christie Lee * is performed by Billy Joel in the album named My Lives in the year 2005 .
Let me tell you a story
About a woman and a man
Maybe you will find familiar
Maybe you won't understand
The man's name I don't remember
He was always Joe to me
But I can't forget the woman
She was always Christie Lee
He was working in a night club
That's where he played the saxophone
He used to fake to stock arrangements
He left the customers alone
But one night before the last song
About a quarter after three
He saw her standing at the coat check
And made his move on Christie Lee
Christie Lee, Christie Lee
Christie Lee, Christie Lee
She was a nice piece of music
She had a rhythm all her own
He blew a solo like a blind man
She really dug his saxophone
She wanted more than just an encore
And he could play in every key
He left the stage and packed his alto
And he took it home with Christie Lee
Oh I heard the man knew "the Bird" like the bible
You know the man could blow an educated axe
He couldn't see that Christie Lee was a woman
Who didn't need another lover
All she wanted was the sax
It took a while for him to notice
It took a while for him to see
He was never in control here
It was always Christie Lee
Christie Lee, Christie Lee
Christie Lee, Christie Lee
Oh the man took a calculated gamble
Yes the man had the power to perform
But Christie Lee was more than he knew how to handle
She didn't need him as a man
All she wanted was the horn
They say that Joe became a wino
They say he always drinks alone
They say he stumbles like a blind man
They say he sold his saxophone
Even the band must face the music
That's what the moral is to me
The only time you hit the high note
Is when you play for Christie Lee
Christie Lee, Christie Lee
Christie Lee, Christie Lee
Billy Joel - My Lives
- My Journey's End * - The Lost Souls
- Time And Time Again * – Lost Souls
- Every Step I Take (Every Move I Make) - The Hassles
- You’ve Got Me Hummin' - The Hassles
- Amplifier Fire – Attila
- Only A Man * (Demo, Never Released)
- She's Got A Way (Album Version)
- Oyster Bay * (Demo, Never Released)
- Piano Man * (Demo, Never Released)
- The Siegfried Line* (Demo, Never Released)
- New Mexico * (Demo, Never Released - Became “Worse Comes to Worst”)
- Cross To Bear * (Demo, Never Released)
- Miami 2017 * (Demo, Never Released)
- These Rhinestone Days * (Demo, Never Released – Became “I Loved These Days”)
- Everybody Has A Dream
- Only The Good Die Young * (Alternate Version, Never Released)
- Until The Night (Album Version)
- Zanzibar (Album Verison, Unfaded)
- It's Still Rock and Roll To Me (Album Version)
- Captain Jack * (Live Version, Never Released)
- The End Of The World * (Demo, Never Released -Became “Elvis Presley Blvd”)
- The Prime Of Your Life * (Demo, Never Released - Became "For Longest Time")
- She’s Right On Time (Album Version)
- Elvis Presley Blvd.
- Nobody Knows But Me
- An Innocent Man (album Version)
- Christie Lee * (Demo, Never Released)
- Easy Money (Album Version)
- And So It Goes * (Demo, Never Released)
- I'll Cry Instead (live)
- Keeping the Faith 12"
- Modern Woman (Album Version)
- Baby Grand with Ray Charles
- Getting Closer with Steve Winwood * (Alternate Version, Never released)
- House Of Blue Light
- Money Or Love * (Demo, Never Released)
- The Times They Are A Changin' (Live Album Version)
- The Downeaster “Alexa” (Album Version)
- I Go To Extremes * (Live, Never Released)
- Shout
- All Shook Up
- Heartbreak Hotel
- When You Wish Upon A Star
- In A Sentimental Mood
- Motorcycle Song * (Demo, Never Released - Became “All About Soul”)
- You Picked A Real Bad Time
- The River Of Dreams * (Alternate Version, Never Released)
- Hard Days Night
- Light As The Breeze
- To Make You Feel My Love
- Hey Girl
- Why Should I Worry
- Where Were You On Our Wedding Day (album version)
- Highway 61 Revisited * (Demo, Never Released)
- Movin’ Out
- You May Be Right duet with Elton John * (Live, Never Released)
- Big Shot
- Don’t Worry Baby
- Goodnight Saigon – Vietnam Veterans Version
- Los Angelenos
- New York State Of Mind
- Opus 1. Soliloquy (On A Separation)
- Opus 8. Suite For Piano (Star Crossed)
- Elegy: The Great Peconic
- No Man's Land
- Pressure
- Ballad Of Billy The Kid
- Leningrad
- Allentown
- My Life
- I Go To Extremes
- Shades Of Grey
- The River Of Dreams
- Goodnight Saigon
- We Didn't Start the Fire
- Hard Days Night
- Big Shot
- Piano Man