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Artist/Band: Billy Joel
Lyrics for Song: Big Man On Mulberry Street
Lyrics for Album: Movin' Out [Original Cast Recording] [2002]



Why can't I lay low? Why can't I say what I mean?

Why don't I stay home and get myself into some boring routine?

Why can't I calm down? Why is it always a fight?

I can't get unwound. Why do I throw myself into the night?



I'm on the outside. I don't fit into a groove.

Now, I ain't a bad guy, so tell me what am i trying to prove?

Why can't I cool out? Why don't I button my lip?

Why do I lash out? Why is it I always shoot from the hip?



I cruise from Houston to Canal Street, a misfit and a rebel.

I see the winos talking to themselves, and I can understand.

Why is it everytime I go out I always seem to get in trouble?

I guess I made an impression on somebody

North of Hester and South of Grand.



And so, in my small way, I'm a big man on Mulberry Street.

I don't mean always, only at night when I'm light on my feet.

What else have I got that I'd be trying to hide?

Maybe a blind spot I haven't seen from the sensitive side?



But you know, in my own heart I'm a big man on Mulberry Street.

I play the whole part; I leave a big tip with every receipt.

I'm so romantic; I'm such a passionate man.

Sometimes I panic...what if nobody finds out who I am?


Album Lyrics: Movin' Out [Original Cast Recording] [2002]


Billy Joel
"Movin' Out [Original Cast Recording] [2002]"


1. Air (Dublinesque)
2. Big Man On Mulberry Street
3. Elegy For The Fisherman
4. I've Loved These Days
5. James
6. Reverie (Villa D'Este)
7. The Stranger
8. Waltz #1 (Nunley's Carousel)