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Track: Scandinavian Skies
Artist: Billy Joel
Album: The Nylon Curtain

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Name: Billy Joel
Spotify Genres: soft rock
Followers: 7,214,386
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American singer/songwriter and pianist. Born May 9, 1949, in the Bronx, New York, and shortly thereafter moved to the Levittown section of Hicksville, Long Island, New York, where he started playing piano at age 4. In 1964, inspired by the Beatles, he formed his first band "The Echoes," which became "The Lost Souls" in 1965 and then "The Emerald Lords" in 1966. In 1967, he joined [a=The Hassles] and recorded two albums, which were not successful. Billy Joel and [a=Jon Small], the drummer of The Hassles, then formed the psychedelic duo [a=Attila (5)] and released one album without success. In 1971, Billy Joel started his solo career with the album "Cold Spring Harbour" and finally achieved fame in 1973 with his song "Piano Man." Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992. Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 (Performer)

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Release: Billy Joel - Radio Special (Pressure / Scandinavian Skies)
Year: 1982
Genres: Rock
Styles: Pop Rock

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LYRICS

The sins of Amsterdam
Were still a recent surprise
And we were flying over
Scandinavian skies
We climbed towards the sun
We turned and cursed as one
We pulled the shades
And closed our eyes

The Stockholm city lights
Were slowly starting to rise
And we were strapped against
Those Scandinavian skies

The landing gear came down
And touched the Swedish ground
And we were all so paralyzed

On the plane
We were mainly sound and lights
In the veins
We could play the blues all night

The tour of Germany
Was bleeding into our eyes
And we were sailing over
Scandinavian skies

We had the Midas touch
Until we met the Dutch
And they exhausted our supplies

Who's to pay?
For this international flight
Who could stay
We were only there for the night
We watched the power fall
Inside the Oslo hall
While all the cold Norwegians cried

Who could say
What was left and where was right?
By the way
I could play the blues all night