“Yesterday you were an only child
Now your ghosts have gone away.
You can kill them in the classic style.
Now you, "parlez vous francais"
Don't look for answers
You took your chances
Don't ask my why.”

—  Billy Joel

Don't Ask Me Why.
Song lyrics, Glass Houses (1980)

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American singer-songwriter and pianist 1949

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