There’s always time for Billy Joel, but after getting a 3am text from a friend saying that songs by him, especially this one, makes him think of me, I found the need to post this Saturday..

This song has been a very important song for me since 1993 when it came out. I find it to be the best song on the RIVER OF DREAMS album and, clearly, prophetic since it was the last time Joel actually crafted a pop album.. 

Another little secret of this song is that it reminds me of my birthday in September.. and my favorite time of year, the autumn.. and changes, and growing.. and aging.. And all the good and amazing things in life, but all of the troubling as well..

I recently was looking through some old art I drew in high school and found an image of a friend I drew around 1996 and I sent it to him.  He and I had a long, meaningful, and nostalgic Facebook conversation that took us from our first Angelfire websites all the way to talking about those from our class of 1999 who have already tragically succumbed to their final fates of death.. 

This song, I think, can be a soundtrack to life in some way. An anthem—but you can pick what it is an anthem to. Either the goodness of that wedding cake, or sadness of seeing apples fall from trees in autumn.

We all find meaning in something, or at least attempt to..
My friend finds this song to mean something about me,
And at 3am, that can get you emotional.