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Billy Joel's Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
Long before I had an iPhone of my own I would spend long car rides listening to music on my mom's iPod. Her music might have been a little old, but I didn't really mind. Most of the songs passed by in a blur of 80's synth or soulful guitar, however, there was one song that caught my attention every time, Billy Joel's "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant". Growing up on Long Island I'd always been a fan, but at such a young age I could never fully grasp what most of his songs were about. Instead, every time it would come on I would just dance around snapping my fingers to the beat, not a care in the world. But, like "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" is about growing up and facing reality, I had to grow up too. At first, I thought the song was

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