Lyric discussion by eaglesfan81 

This song is actually based on real events that happened while billy joel was playing at small piano bars or bars in general while he was getting screwed over with a contract, just like joeyfox1 send. THe people in the song real and everythign about them real and the waitress who is practicing politics is his first ex wife.

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eaglesfan81, It's good to see someone who isn't reading too much into Billy Joel's history :-) Embellishment "is so untrue", lol.

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