Surprises

Album: The Nylon Curtain (1982)
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  • Don't get excited
    Don't say a word
    Nobody noticed
    Nothing was heard

    It was committed discreetly
    It was handled so neatly
    And it shouldn't surprise you at all
    You know

    Break all the records
    Burn the cassettes
    I'd be lying if I told you
    That I had no regrets

    There were so many mistakes
    And what a difference it makes
    But still it shouldn't surprise you at all
    You know

    I said it shouldn't surprise you at all
    You know
    Don't look now but you have changed
    Your best friends wouldn't tell you

    Now it's apparent
    Now it's a fact
    So marshal your forces
    For another attack

    You were so young and naive
    I know it's hard to believe
    But now it shouldn't surprise you at all
    You know
    No, it shouldn't surprise you at all
    You know

    What has it cost you?
    What have you won?
    The sins of the fathers
    Are the sins of the sons

    It was always within you
    It will always continue
    But it shouldn't surprise you at all
    You know
    I said it shouldn't surprise you at all
    You know Writer/s: Billy Joel
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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