Uptown Girl

by Billy Joel

From the album: Greatest Hits: Volume I & Volume II

Track 22 of 25 on Greatest Hits: Volume I & Volume II (1985).

Duration: 3:15

Greatest Hits: Volume I & Volume II cover art

Lyrics for Uptown Girl

[offset:0] Uptown girl She's been living in her uptown world I bet she never had a back street guy I bet her mama never told her why I'm gonna try for an uptown girl She's been living in her white bread world As long as anyone with hot blood can And now she's looking for a downtown man That's what I am And when she knows what She wants from her time And when she wakes up And makes up her mind She'll see I'm not so tough Just because I'm in love with an uptown girl You know I've seen her in her uptown world She's getting tired of her high class toys And all her presents from her uptown boys She's got a choice Uptown girl You know I can't afford to buy her pearls But maybe someday when my ship comes in She'll understand what kind of guy I've been And then I'll win And when she's walking She's looking so fine And when she's talking She'll say that she's mine She'll say I'm not so tough Just because I'm in love With an uptown girl She's been living in her white bread world As long as anyone with hot blood can And now she's looking for a downtown man That's what I am Uptown girl She's my uptown girl You know I'm in love With an uptown girl My uptown girl You know I'm in love With an uptown girl My uptown girl You know I'm in love With an uptown girl My uptown girl

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  2. Captain Jack
  3. The Entertainer
  4. Say Goodbye to Hollywood
  5. New York State of Mind
  6. The Stranger
  7. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
  8. Just the Way You Are
  9. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
  10. Only the Good Die Young
  11. She's Always a Woman
  12. My Life
  13. Big Shot
  14. You May Be Right
  15. It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
  16. Don't Ask Me Why
  17. She's Got a Way - Live at the Paradise, Boston, MA - June 1980
  18. Pressure
  19. Allentown
  20. Goodnight Saigon
  21. Tell Her About It
  22. Uptown Girl
  23. The Longest Time
  24. You're Only Human (Second Wind)
  25. The Night Is Still Young