Getting Closer Lyrics in English Billy Joel
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Getting Closer by Billy Joel from German to English.
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I went searching for the truth
I went searching for the truth
But in my innocence I found
But in my innocence I found
All the con men and their acrobats
All the con men and their acrobats
Who stomped me in the ground
Who stomped me into the ground
If I count up their percentages
If I count up their percentages
I know they're getting rich
I know they're getting rich
But they haven't taken everything
But they haven't taken everything
Those paybacks are a bitch
Those paybacks are a bitch
Though I've lost quite a lot
Though I've lost quite a lot
I am still in control
I am still in control
They can keep what they've got
They can keep what they've got
But they can't have my soul
But they can't have my soul
And if I don't have this all worked out
And if I don't have this all worked out
Still I'm getting closer, getting closer
Still I'm getting closer, getting closer
I still have far to go no doubt
I still have far to go no doubt
But I'm getting closer, getting closer
But I'm getting closer, getting closer
What was ripped off by professionals
What was ripped off by professionals
Is not all that it seems
Isn't all that it seems
While I must live up to contracts
While I have to live up to contracts
I did not give up my dreams
I didn't give up my dreams
If I see it as experience
If I see it as experience
It hasn't gone to waste
It hasn't gone to waste
Lately all the missing pieces
Lately all the missing pieces
Have been falling into place
Have been falling into place
And if I could go back and start over somehow
And if I could go back and start over somehow
I would not change that much
I wouldn't change that much
Knowing what I know now
Knowing what I know now
Thought there have been sins
Thought there were sins
I will regret
I will regret
Still I'm getting close, getting closer
Still I'm getting close, getting closer
I don't have all the answers yet
I don't have all the answers yet
But I'm getting closer, getting closer
But I'm getting closer, getting closer
I'm a mark for every shyster
I'm a mark for every shyster
From Topanga to Berlin
From Topanga to Berlin
And I should have learned to kick them out
And I should have learned to kick them out
As soon as they crawled in
As soon as they crawled in
So to every bank in Switzerland
So to every bank in Switzerland
That stores my stolen youth
That stores my stolen youth
I'm alright because despite the laws
I'm alright because despite the laws
You cannot hide the truth
You cannot hide the truth
And although you will say
And although you will say
I am still too naive
I am still too naive
But I have not lost faith
But I have not lost faith
In the things I believe
In the things I believe
And if I don't have a this all worked out
And if I don't have this all worked out
Still I'm getting closer, getting closer
Still I'm getting closer, getting closer
I still have far to go no doubt
I still have far to go no doubt
But I'm still getting closer, getting closer
But I'm still getting closer, getting closer
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