Summer, Highland Falls Lyrics by Billy Joel
Album : Movin' Out , Turnstiles , 2000 Millennium Concert , Songs In The Attic
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They say that these are not the best of times
But they’re the only times I’ve ever known
And I believe there is a time for meditation
In cathedrals of our own
Now I have seen that sad surrender in my lover’s eyes
And I can only stand apart and sympathize

For we are always what our situations hand us
It’s either sadness or euphoria

So we’ll argue and we’ll compromise
And realize that nothing’s ever changed
For all our mutual experience
Our separate conclusions are the same
Now we are forced to recognize our inhumanity
A reason coexists with our insanity

And though we choose between reality and madness
It’s either sadness or euphoria

How thoughtlessly we dissipate our energies
Perhaps we don’t fulfill each other’s fantasies
And as we stand upon the ledges of our lives
With our respective similarities

It’s either sadness or euphoria

Oh…!
They say that these are not the best of times   But they’re the only times I’ve ever known   And I believe there is a time for meditation   In cathedrals of our own   Now I have seen that sad surrender in my lover’s eyes   And I can only stand apart and sympathize      For we are always what our situations hand us   It’s either sadness or euphoria      So we’ll argue and we’ll compromise   And realize that nothing’s ever changed   For all our mutual experience   Our separate conclusions are the same   Now we are forced to recognize our inhumanity   A reason coexists with our insanity      And though we choose between reality and madness   It’s either sadness or euphoria      How thoughtlessly we dissipate our energies   Perhaps we don’t fulfill each other’s fantasies   And as we stand upon the ledges of our lives   With our respective similarities      It’s either sadness or euphoria      Oh…!