I'm a pretty big Billy Joel fan but have never tried to learn one of his
songs. You seem like a real nice guy, but Jesus man give me a break
here!
3 hard parts about singing are: long notes, high notes, quiet notes
because they all take a certain kind of physical preparation and
"placement" of the note that has to be just right else you go flat
or strain the tone which doesn't sound good. And this song has all
three happening at the same time in the chorus. Plus the melody is real
relentless. And although the melody has a slowish to moderate tempo, the
pulse of the harmony is quite frequent which runs you the risk of rushing.
In other words, its wasn't nearly as easy as I thought it'd be. Its pretty
remarkable how he sounds so relaxed in the recording despite all these
challenges he made for himself. Good job Billy.