Blinded by the Lyrics : Behind the Lines of Rock and Roll's Most Baffling Songs

Blinded by the Lyrics

Behind the Lines of Rock and Roll's Most Baffling Songs

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Brent Mann
Brent Mann
2005 • 212 pages

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Explores the fascinating and surprising stories behind the most mysterious and inscrutable lyrics in rock & roll history. In Billy Joel's famous tune Piano Man, he sings: "Now Paul is a real-estate novelist, who never had time for a wife". This strange lyric cries out for an explanation. What in the world is "a real estate novelist"? Blinded By The Lyrics has the unusual answer.

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