“The Longest Time” is a doo-wop single by Billy Joel. The song was released as a single in 1984 as the fourth single from the 1983 album An Innocent Man. It reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart. In the United Kingdom the song reached numbe...
[Intro]
Dum dum dum
[Chorus]
Woah, oh, oh, oh (For the longest)
For the longest time
Woah, oh, oh (For the longest)
For the longest time
[Verse 1]
If you said goodbye to me tonight
There would still be music left to write
What else could I do?
I'm so inspired by you
That hasn't happened for the longest time
Once I thought my innocence was gone
Now I know that happiness goes on
That's where you found me
When you put your arms around me
I haven't been there for the longest time
[Chorus]
Woah, oh, oh, oh (For the longest)
For the longest time
Woah, oh, oh (For the longest)
For the longest
[Verse 2]
I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall
And the greatest miracle of all
Is how I need you
And how you needed me too
That hasn't happened for the longest time
[Bridge]
Maybe this won't last very long
But you feel so right and I could be wrong
Maybe I've been hoping too hard
But I've gone this far, and it's more than I hoped for
[Verse 3]
Who knows how much further we'll go on?
Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone
I'll take my chances
I forgot how nice romance is
I haven't been there for the longest time
[Bridge]
I had second thoughts at the start
I said to myself, "Hold on to your heart"
Now I know the woman that you are
You're wonderful so far, and it's more than I hoped for
[Verse 4]
I don't care what consequence it brings
I have been a fool for lesser things
I want you so bad
I think you ought to know that
I intend to hold you for the longest time
[Outro]
Woah, oh, oh, oh (For the longest)
For the longest time
Woah, oh, oh (For the longest)
For the longest time
Woah, oh, oh (For the longest)
For the longest time
Woah, oh, oh (For the longest)
For the longest time
Woah, oh, oh (For the longest)
For the longest time
Woah, oh, oh...
The Longest Time was written by Billy Joel.
The Longest Time was produced by Phil Ramone.
Billy Joel released The Longest Time on Mon Aug 08 1983.
When Billy brought the song to producer Phil Ramone, they envisioned a doo-wop arrangement and hired The Persuasions, one of the top a capella vocal groups around at the time, but as as excerpt in his biography later revealed,
They came in. They’re passing around the cognac, and we had a bass guita...