“Don't forget your second wind;
Sooner or later you'll get your second wind.
It's not always easy to be living in this world of pain.
You're gonna be crashing into stone walls again and again.
It's alright, it's alright.”

—  Billy Joel

You're Only Human (Second Wind).
Song lyrics, Greatest Hits - Volume I & Volume II (1985)

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American singer-songwriter and pianist 1949

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