Billy Is My Baby
by @plushbaby
Liner Notes
Toontrack make some great software for quickly sketching out songs. This song came about from messing around with the suggest chord feature in EZKeys. It's great, just use your ears and feel the song out.
Step 2 is to sing over the top of your chords about Billy Joel.
Not much more to say about this one...
Lyrics
Lately I’m shaking, I’m shaking for the weekend (baby) No you can’t have me, I’m holding out for billy Joel (and it’s true)
Don’t you look away from me we can share your destiny I will always be there when I’m…
Quietly waiting, I’m waiting for the chance to know (maybe)
Do anything you want to me Take me from the balcony I will always be there when you play
Billy Joel is my baby He looked at me strangely And I gave him a wink and I touched his bum and I thought this time I’d finally found the one Oh billy don’t you go and break my heart
Lately, I’m waiting, I’m waiting for our love to grow Will he or won’t he I’ll catch him at the after-show And make it true
Do anything you want billy Stay with me eternally I will always be there when you play
Billy Joel is my baby He looked at me strangely And I gave him a wink and I touched his bum and I thought this time I’d finally found the one Oh Billy don’t you go and break my heart
I don’t care if you cry I just care if you die Treat me like your piano
You will take me on a date Anywhere that I want And I choose your favourite Italian restaurant
Billy Joel is my baby I looked at him strangely And he gave me a wink and he touched my bum And I thought this time I’d finally found the one Oh Billy don’t you go and break my heart
Comments
I wish you could see the smile on my face. Something like this 😂 but i'm not quite as yellow and my tears of joy aren't as comically large. Comically large like this song. I'm not deep enough in his catalog to know if I missed anything, but the Stranger reference in the chorus is perfect, as is the less subtle Italian restaurant.
If only the robot pianist knew to play it a little less Bruce Hornsby and more Billy.
So much fun. Tagging @davidtaro because he cites Billy Joel in his influences and he should hear this...
I've been trying to figure out what I've been missing this FAWM for the longest time, and it's singing about Billy Joel.
"Treat me like your piano" made me feel... I don't know what, but it was definitely enough of something that I can no longer claim to be an innocent man.
You’re fortunate not to be in the same room as me, as I would now be giving you a massive kiss. This is a masterpiece. The faux-heartfelt tone is exactly my cup of tea. Reminds me of that John Grant song about Sigourney Weaver. Except this is about Billy Joel, so it’s instantly ten times better. So many good lines. Obviously, I love ‘touched his bum’, ‘treat me like your piano’, and the Italian restaurant reference. But it’s all brilliant basically. My earliest life memory (at about 3 year’s old) is being allowed to stay up past bedtime for a Billy Joel concert that was being televised. So yes I love this song, and much love and thanks to @philnorman for tagging me 👍