“I can always find someone
To say they sympathize
If I wear my heart out on my sleeve.
But I don't want some pretty face
To tell me pretty lies.
All I want is someone to believe.”

—  Billy Joel

Honesty.
Song lyrics, 52nd Street (1978)

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