Escrita por Billy Joel, foi gravada entre julho e agosto de 1978 e lançada em 11 de outubro de 1978, no disco 52nd Street, o sexto disco da carreira de Billy Joel. Saiu também na mesma época em compacto, com 52nd Street como Lado B. Foi produzida por Phil Ramone. Chegou ao número 3 no Billboard Hot 100, número 12 no Reino Unido, número 1 na Rodésia, número 2 no Canadá e na África do Sul, número 3 na Irlanda, número 4 na Suíça, número 6 na Australia, França e Nova Zelândia, número 11 na Áustria, número 13 na Espanha, número 22 na Holanda, número 27 na Bélgica e número 37 no Japão. O backing vocal foi feito por Peter Cetera e Donnie Dacus, do Chicago, além de cantarem junto na bridge e no outro. Foi usada como tema de abertura da série de TV da ABC chamada Bosom Buddies, mas com outro artista cantando. Billy Joel cantou, fez backing vocals e toou sintetizador e piano elétrico Yamaha. David Brown tocou guitarra. Russell Javours. Doug Stegmeyer tocou baixo. Liberty de Vitto tocou bateria. Richie Cannata tocou clarinete. E como dito Peter Cetera e Donnie Dacus fizeram backing vocals.
A letra:
Got
a call from an old friend we used to be real close
Said he
couldn't go on the American way
Closed the shop, sold a house,
bought a ticket to the west coast
Now he gives them a stand-up
routine in L.A.
I don't need you to worry for me 'cause
I'm alright
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
I
don't care what you say anymore this is my life
Go ahead with your
own life leave me alone
I never said you had to offer me a
second chance
(I never said you had to)
I never said I was a
victim of circumstance
(I never said)
I still belong (still belong)
Don't
get me wrong (don't get me wrong)
You can speak your mind but not
on my time
They will tell you you can't sleep
alone in a strange place
Then they'll tell you you can't sleep
with somebody else
Oh, but sooner or later you sleep in your own
space
Either way it's okay, you wake up with yourself
I don't need you to worry for me 'cause
I'm alright
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
I
don't care what you say anymore this is my life
Go ahead with your
own life leave me alone
I never said you had to offer me a
second chance
(I never said you had to)
I never said I was a
victim of circumstance
(Gf circumstance)
I still belong (still belong)
Don't
get me wrong (don't get me wrong)
You can speak your mind but not
on my time
I don't care what you say anymore this
is my life
Go ahead with your own life leave me alone
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