Uptown Girl

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Uptown Girl by Billy Joel

About Uptown Girl

"Uptown Girl" is a song performed by musician Billy Joel, whose lyrics deal with a working-class "downtown man" attempting to woo a wealthy "uptown girl". According to the Uptown Girl Songfacts, Joel explained to Howard Stern that he was on vacation in the Caribbean when he was playing the piano, looked up, and saw Elle McPherson, Christie Brinkley and Whitney Houston (who was more a model than a musician at that point) standing over his piano in wonderment watching him play. .

Uptown Girl Lyrics

[00:08.41] Uptown girl
[00:10.89] She's been living in her uptown world
[00:14.26] I bet she never had a backstreet guy
[00:17.82] I bet her momma never told her why
[00:21.84] I'm gonna try for an uptown girl (uptown girl)
[00:25.72] She's been living in her white-bread world (white-bread world)
[00:29.08] As long as anyone with hot blood can (hot blood can)
[00:32.79] And now, she's looking for a downtown man (downtown man)
[00:36.69] That's what I am
[00:38.60] And when she knows
[00:40.83] What she wants from her time (from her time)
[00:45.93] And when she wakes up (she wakes up)
[00:48.78] And makes up her mind
[00:53.15] She'll see I'm not so tough
[00:56.75] Just because I'm in love with an uptown girl (uptown girl)
[01:02.40] You know I've seen her in her uptown world (uptown world)
[01:06.19] She's getting tired of her high-class toys (high-class toys)
[01:09.93] And all her presents from her uptown boys (uptown boys)
[01:13.59] She's got a choice
[01:15.85] Oh
[01:18.33]
[01:23.32] Oh
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[01:30.22] Uptown girl
[01:32.23] You know I can't afford to buy her pearls
[01:36.09] But maybe someday when my ship comes in
[01:39.77] She'll understand what kind of guy I've been (I've been)
[01:43.45] And then, I'll win
[01:45.45] And when she's walking
[01:48.31] She's looking so fine
[01:53.06] And when she's talking
[01:55.70] She'll say that she's mine
[02:00.49] She'll say I'm not so tough (she's wrong)
[02:03.66] Just because I'm in love with an uptown girl
[02:09.68] She's been living in her white-bread world
[02:13.34] As long as anyone with hot blood can
[02:17.09] And now, she's looking for a downtown man
[02:20.72] That's what I am
[02:22.75] Oh
[02:25.32]
[02:30.36] Oh
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[02:37.11] Uptown girl (going uptown)
[02:39.66] She's my uptown girl (going uptown)
[02:42.26] Don't you know I'm in love with an uptown girl? (Going uptown)
[02:47.03] My uptown girl (she's my uptown girl, going uptown)
[02:49.79] Don't you know I'm in love with an uptown girl? (Going uptown)
[02:54.54] My uptown girl (she's my uptown girl, going uptown)
[02:57.10] Don't you know I'm in love with an uptown girl? (Going uptown)
[03:01.72] My uptown girl (she's my uptown girl, going uptown)
[03:04.64] (Don't you know I'm in love) with an uptown girl? (Going uptown)
[03:09.48] My uptown girl (she's my uptown girl, going uptown)
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From the album: Summer Roadtrip