Written by Billy Joel
Intro: F(no 3) Fmaj7 Gm7 Bb2 Am7 C Bb2 F Fmaj7 They say that these are not the best of times Gm7 Bb2 F Fmaj7 Gm7 Bb2 But they're the only times I've ever known F Fmaj7 Gm7 And I believe there is a time for meditation Bb2 C G C In cathedrals of our own A7 Dm C Bb2 F Now I've seen that sad surrender in my lover's eyes G7/sus4 G7 Csus4 C And I can only stand apart and sympathize Bb F Gm7 For we are always what our situations hand us C Bb2 Eb Bb 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 Out separate conclusions are the same. Now we are forced to recognize our inhumanity Our reason coexists with our insanity And though we choose between reality and madness It's either sadness or euphoria Dm C Bb2 F How thoughtlessly we dissipate our energies G7/sus4 G7 Csus4 C Perhaps we don't fulfill each other's fantasies Bb F Gm7 And as we stand upon the ledges of our lives C Bb2 Eb Bb With our respective similarities C F It's either sadness or euphoria.