Billy Joel - The Longest Time Lyrics






Woah, oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
Woah, oh, oh
For the longest

If you said goodbye to me tonight
There would still be music left to write
What else could I do
I'm so inspired by you
That hasn't happened for the longest time

Once I thought my innocence was gone
Now I know that happiness goes on
That's where you found me
When you put your arms around me
I haven't been there for the longest time

Woah, oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
Woah, oh, oh
For the longest

I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall
And the greatest miracle of all
Is how I need you
And how you needed me too
That hasn't happened for the longest time

Maybe this won't last very long
But you feel so right
And I could be wrong
Maybe I've been hoping too hard
But I've gone this far
And it's more than I hoped for

Who knows how much further we'll go on
Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone
I'll take my chances
I forgot how nice romance is
I haven't been there for the longest time

I had second thoughts at the start
I said to myself
Hold on to your heart
Now I know the woman that you are
You're wonderful so far
And it's more than I hoped for

I don't care what consequence it brings
I have been a fool for lesser things
I want you so bad
I think you ought to know
That I intend to hold you for the longest time

Woah, oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
Woah, oh, oh
For the longest time
Woah, oh, oh
For the longest time
Woah, oh, oh
For the longest time
Woah, oh, oh
For the longest time...





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  1. M.... M....

    2020 anyone?

  2. J.... B....

    There are no musician Instruments😁🤔👏👏

  3. M.... C....

    Listening to this going into the new year. 2020

  4. M.... K....

    HIMYM tayfa yokmu

  5. A.... D....

    Me: *wins the lottery*
    My dad who went to go get milk when I was born: 2:38

  6. I.... ....

    In order, uptown girl because those are his friends then this one then we didn't start the fire because he threw that lit cigarette

  7. T.... S....

    First song I listened to in the 2020s. Happy new decade everyone!

  8. G.... Y....

    Happy New Decade everyone!

  9. j.... o....

    The last song I am listening too this decade man I have been waiting for the longest time.

  10. J.... ....

    Starting my decade with this sweet jam.

  11. P.... C....

    Me and the boys in 60 years

  12. D.... ....

    Record producer (Looking at sheet music): Nice. Which part are you going to sing?

    Billy Joel: Yes.

  13. N.... ....

    I had no idea there was a music video for this

  14. B.... H....

    nothing is cooler than clicking on a video for a song i want to hear and having a 15 second verizon wireless commercial play, if i rise to power. advertisers will be euthanized

  15. T.... S....

    This song inspired a romance between two of my OCs, one had lost a partner many years ago, but she meets the other character and falls in love again after thinking she'd never heal.

  16. H.... P....

    Play something from The Stranger! '80s Billy Joel doo-wop sucks!

  17. J.... G....

    Imaging if Thanos was singing this...

    J.... G....

    Too much snapping

  18. A.... K....

    I didn't know who sang this song. Looked it up, saw the song, and thought of course it's Billy Joel because it sounds amazing. Love Billy

  19. M.... C....

    Mabe this wont last very long 12 30 19 boston

  20. F.... T....

    Can relate to the title

  21. T.... ....

    So I first learned about this song from a Seto Kaiba/reader fanfiction on Lunaescence many years ago.

  22. O.... A....

    Girls locker room: Omg did you hear about Becky and Daniel
    Boys locker rooms:

  23. d.... ....

    I wouldn't change a word. This is how I feel. He wrote part of my life.

  24. T.... i....

    "We're in toilets 'cos of the acoustics, right guys?"








    ".....guys?"

  25. K.... G....

    This is another one of those "Billy Joel sure loves Frankie Valli" songs.

  26. P.... s....

    Why does hip young highschool billy joel look older than old billy joel

  27. P.... s....

    Why is billy joel the only one that didnt come with the group, like they decided to come as a group and left him out in their carpool

  28. E.... R....

    Ah yes, I too was once sitting in an empty hall when a quintet appeared making me hable to espress my feelings via singing

  29. F.... ....

    These guys look as though they smoked cigarettes in the bathroom in high school but were smart enough to quit before the end of high school

  30. R.... T....

    Superb song , thank you .

  31. S.... E....

    I'll keep hearing this for the longest time

  32. M.... D....

    Mark Ruffalo would make a great role as Billy Joel, but I think that Ben Platt should play him because he has a great voice. He sang Billy’s Vienna in one of the episode of Netflix Original Series of The Politician. This movie also need to be distributed by Sony/ Columbia Pictures. Who else Billy Joel fans agrees?


    Ben Platt = Like 👍🏽

    Mark Ruffalo = 👇🏽 Comment

  33. T.... ....

    Classic

  34. C.... o....

    All I want in life is to serenaded with this song.
    Is that too much to ask?

  35. M.... R....

    Anyone in 2020?

  36. L.... [....

    Me and the boys at the high school reunion

  37. W.... ....

    I was born in 82 and I remember hearing this as a baby growing up in S.F Bay Area and Sacramento,CA. My Mom would be cleaning our house listening to this one one of those Huge wood FM/AM record players. Same when we would visit my family in the valley.... Ahh GoodTimes with no responsibility's.... Now Im a Single Dad😬
    😂🤣👍✌

  38. b.... ....

    wasn't expecting the Al Sharpton cameo right at the beginning.

  39. �.... b....

    My time being single

  40. L.... R....

    The voice in the Hallway from the innocent man song.....

  41. J.... O....

    The hair these people have will never be matched again.

  42. M.... R....

    They started the serenading in the bathroom

  43. J.... P....

    Me and the boys

  44. h.... t....

    me: im shitty with poeple caling 2019 electricall shit music when theres this!


    pop fans : OK BOOMER

  45. K.... L....

    Wer ist wegen himym hier ?

  46. n.... m....

    He does look like my math teacher.

  47. n.... m....

    Pack a million arrowheads before you get out of this place, Clark!

  48. T.... 3....

    My least favorite song ever

  49. A.... l....

    Do you have finger only songs today? 😀..

  50. P.... A....

    Came here from HIMYM, no regrets

    P.... A....

    Pablo Arribas haha me too

  51. K.... N....

    he looks like bruce banner?

  52. a.... ....

    This is almost as cringey as uptown girl 😂 but still a good song

  53. M.... -....

    I didn't realize he was so short until I saw this video.

  54. J.... G....

    been rewatching How I Met Your Mother, and here I am

  55. s.... t....

    So.... when will he turn into a hulk?

  56. C.... W....

    The nard dog

  57. F.... a....

    Doo-wop Billy Joel sucks! Play something from The Stranger!

    We strictly play 80s Joel, sir.

  58. S.... ....

    I can't go and take a piss without everyone else in the bathroom singing this song.

  59. B.... M....

    Not snapping your fingers to this is a crime.

    B.... M....

    Even if your Thanos with Infinity gauntlet and all Infinity Stones

  60. D.... A....

    He needs to do a new album.

  61. �.... ....

    好きな曲!

  62. S.... S....

    How he gets off that chair

  63. P.... M....

    This is a holiday clasic in my family

  64. C.... ....

    If only they sang the whole song in himym

  65. s.... ....

    *Billy Joel tosses his lit cigarette onto the floor covered in trash*
    later
    Cop: "Hey, did you start this fire?"
    Billy: *deep breath*

    s.... ....

    Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny Ray, South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio

    s.... ....

    Get out of here ryan Now It's "Billy Started The Fire"

  66. M.... R....

    Nobody gives a crap about sprint.

  67. C.... M....

    Fun fact:

    Billy joel plays the piano....... on his piano!( EDIT)

  68. B.... N....

    Oh, oh, oh
    For the longest time
    Oh, oh, oh
    For the longest
    If you said goodbye to me tonight
    There would still be music left to write
    What else could I do
    I'm so inspired by you
    That hasn't happened for the longest time
    Once I thought my innocence was gone
    Now I know that happiness goes on
    That's where you found me
    When you put your arms around me
    I haven't been there for the longest time
    Oh, oh, oh
    For the longest time
    Oh, oh, oh
    For the longest
    I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall
    And the greatest miracle of all
    Is how I need you
    And how you needed me too
    That hasn't happened for the longest time
    Maybe this won't last very long
    But you feel so right
    And I could be wrong
    Maybe I've been hoping too hard
    But I've gone this far
    And it's more than I hoped for
    Who knows how much further we'll go on
    Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone
    I'll take my chances
    I forgot how nice romance is
    I haven't been there for the longest time
    I had second thoughts at the start
    I said to myself
    Hold on to your heart
    Now I know the woman that you are
    You're wonderful so far
    And it's more than I hoped for
    I don't care what consequence it brings
    I have been a fool for lesser things
    I want you so bad
    I think you ought to know that
    I intend to hold you for the longest time

  69. D.... ....

    Michael Scott's favorite song!

  70. A.... G....

    It’s the fucking Catalina Wine Mixer

  71. R.... F....

    Auf Wiedersehen

  72. a.... n....

    simple...and perfect !

  73. �.... b....

    When you’re in a bar with your 20 minute self, 20 years self, your friend, your friend’s 20 minute self, and your friend 20 years self.

    Also with the 20 years girl you forgot to ask out on

    �.... b....

    i cried during the scene when its just ted all alone

  74. R.... G....

    i went to the same high school- my claim to fame.

  75. M.... f....

    Class of '59. These guys would be 78 or 79 years old today!

  76. J.... A....

    Thanos doesn't need to sing this

  77. S.... Y....

    I just realized this song has absolutely no instruments (edit: NVM there's a bass and a snare)😭

  78. K.... 4....

    Me when it has been the longest time

  79. �.... �....

    Anyone listening December 2019? No just me ok.

    �.... �....

    Phew just making sure

    �.... �....

    @Šømë Ōńę cool

    �.... �....

    Soviet Snarffy lol

    �.... �....

    Šømë Ōńę I have arrived

    �.... �....

    Isabelle White lmao

  80. S.... B....

    FOR THE LONGEST TIME BECAUSE I LOST A FRIEND

  81. F.... N....

    Straight heat

  82. T.... ....

    que 13 year old me trying to hit the boss in dnd

  83. C.... L....

    Today's ummm 12.12.19... and yea it hasn't happened for the longest time... whatever way I flip it...

  84. S.... ....

    I wonder why this got recommended to me exactly at the time where I needed this advice.

  85. L.... E....

    himym...

  86. M.... M....

    Such a great song. Legit didn't know until now this was a Billy Joel song, though, I actually thought it was from the 60s. Joel is such a master of culture and era-defined music.

  87. D.... ....

    Girl locker room: Eww bois are gross lol im so gay

    Boys locker room: WHOOOOOAAA

  88. V.... G....

    How I met your mother brought me here! 😍

  89. C.... O....

    It’s like this dude knew he was gonna be married 5 times when writing this song

  90. B.... D....

    Fucking love this song so much

  91. T.... U....

    Girls at the highschool reunion:
    *talks about their job and kids*


    Boys at the highschool reunion:
    0:35

  92. T.... ....

    Effortless. Gem album

  93. J.... 6....

    Holy fuck this was posted 10 years ago

  94. k.... m....

    WHOS HERE FROM HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER😂😂😂

  95. J.... D....

    C'mon play something from STRANGER

  96. Z.... ....

    gf: ugh, he hasnt texted me back in 2 hours, i bet he is cheating on me...

    *me and the boys:*