#Billy joel just the way you are how to

It’s almost like he’s saying that he thinks she’s fantastic no matter what, but maybe he’s actually saying that he doesn’t notice that she makes an effort, or maybe he’s saying that he doesn’t know how to display affection and she shouldn’t expect too much - who knows? This is so unclear, and if the person I were in love with said this to me, I would worry endlessly about what he meant, and then I would ask for specific clarification, and we would probably have an argument. The AFT says that we’re getting into some pretty shady emotionally manipulative territory. It’s admitting that love is normal and long, and subject to turbulence. The AFT has to admit this part is pretty sweet. I took the good times I’ll take the bad times Please continue to be satisfactory.ĪFT: “I’m not tired of you because we don’t spend that much time together.” “You’re pretty good so far, and haven’t disappointed me. We are going to take the innocence right out of it, turning it from charming love song into something else by deploying my trusty feminist raygun at this pop standard. Look how sweet it is! It’s about loving someone with all their flaws. “Just the Way You Are” was a classic wedding song in the seventies. So the answer was a stern no, with additional instructions to back off said less politely.īut let’s talk about this song for a minute or two. Also, I’d never met this guy, never sang at this bar, and the guy was wearing a bad suit and tried to put his hands on my hips. Last night I was at a favorite piano bar, and someone offered me a hundred bucks to sing “Just the Way You Are.” I’m a fan of Billy Joel’s music, but I’m not a singer, and, since he’s basically a classically trained opera singer, he’s impossible to render on tune.