Billy Joel - author, piano, vocals Liberty DeVitto - drums David Spinozza - acoustic guitar Doug Stegmeyer - bass Robert Freedman - strings arrangement
If you search for tenderness It isn't hard to fa-aind, You can have the love you nee-ed to live. But if you look for truthfulness You might just as well be blind - It always seems to be so hard to gi-ve.
Honesty is such a lonely wo-ord... Everyone is so untru-ue... Honeste-ey is hardly ever he-eard And mostly what I need from you-u.
I can always find someone To say they sympatha-aize If I wear my heart out on my sleeve. But I don't want some pretty face To tell me pretty la-aies, All I want is someone to beli-eve.
Honesty is such a lonely wo-ord... Everyone is so untru-ue... Honeste-ey is hardly ever he-eard 'n mostly what I need from you-u.
< Bridge: piano >
I can find a lover, I can find a friend, I can have security until the bitter e-e-end. Anyone can comfort me with promises again. I know (I know), I kno-u-ou-o-ow...
When I'm deep inside of me Don't be too conce-erned, I won't ask for nothin' while I'm gone, But when I want sincerity - Tell me where else can I tu-u-urn? 'Cause you're the one that I depend upo-o-o-
-honesty is such a lonely wo-ord... Everyone is so untru-ue... Honeste-ey is hardly ever he-e-eard And mostly what I need from you-u.