Keeping the faith (video)

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1. If it seems like I've been lost in let's remember,

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if you think I'm feeling older and missing my younger days.

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Oh, then you should have known me much better,

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’cause my past is something that never

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got in my way, oh, no !

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2. Still I would not be here now if I never had the hunger,

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and I'm not ashamed to say the wild boys were my friends.

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‘Cause I never felt the desire 'til their music set me on fire,

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and then I was saved, yeah.

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That's why I'm keeping the faith,

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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, keeping the faith !

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3. We wore matador boots,

only Flagg Brothers had them with the Cuban heel,

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iridescent socks with the same color shirt, and a tight pair of chinos.

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I put on my shark skin jacket, you know the kind with the velvet collar,

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and ditty-bop shades, oh, yeah !

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4. I took a fresh pack of Luckies and a mint called Sen-Sen,

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my old man's Trojans and his Old Spice after shave.

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Combed my hair in a pompadour like the rest of the Romeos wore,

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a permanent wave, yeah.

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We were keeping the faith,

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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, keeping the faith.

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+ You can get just so much from a good thing,

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you can linger too long in your dreams.

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Say goodbye to the oldies but goodies,

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’cause the good old days weren't always good,

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and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.

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5. Learned stickball as a formal education,

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lost a lot of fights, but it taught me how to lose O.K.

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Oh, I heard about sex, but not enough,

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I found you could dance and still look tough anyway, oh, yes, I did !

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6. I found out a man ain't just being macho,

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ate an awful lot of late night drive-in food,

drank a lot of take-home pay,

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I thought I was the Duke of Earl when I made it with a red-haired girl

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in a Chevrolet, oh, yeah.

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We were keeping the faith,

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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, keeping the faith !

+ A - G - D (3x)

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+ You know the good old days weren't always good,

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and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.

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7. Now I told you my reasons for the whole revival,

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now I'm going outside to have an ice cold beer in the shade.

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Oh, I'm going to listen to my 45's, ain't it wonderful to be alive,

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when the rock 'n' roll plays, yeah !

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When the memory stays, yeah !

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I'm keeping the faith, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah !

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Keeping the faith, I am keeping the faith ....

(Billy Joel)